''Podom'' are sculpted sarcophagi traditional to the Toba Batak of

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. They have the forms of longhouse roofs or boats. They are made of stone which is also used for rice mortars (losung batu) and funeral urns (parholian), and statuary''Art of the archaic Indonesians''
Wolfgang Marschall, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts 1982 p. 49

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{{Clear Sarcophagi Buildings and structures in Sumatra Burial monuments and structures Death in Indonesia Indonesian art Stone monuments and memorials

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