Indonesian Stone Altar on Pedestal

Tiers of plain stone, one small arch, and a roof shaped like a staircase.

This stone altar on a pedestal was made in Bali, Indonesia, in Jogja stone. Shrines on pedestals are a familiar sight on Bali, in temples and house compounds, because a Balinese household keeps its gods and ancestors close and feeds them daily. Here the base steps up in broad squares to a long plain shaft. A band of moldings then opens into an arched niche, topped by a stepped pyramid roof with no crest above it. Eighty-four inches high.

It is the only tall person at the party who never talks about it.