Indonesian Lava Stone Split Gate (2 Pieces)

Two halves of one tower, with the middle left open for you.

This lava stone split gate, in two pieces, comes from Mount Agung, Bali, Indonesia, and dates from after the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung. Split gates, known in Bali as candi bentar, mark the entrance to many temples and compounds on the island, as though a single tower had been cut in two and pulled apart. Each half here steps upward in stacked blocks and flaring ornaments, mirroring the other. A plain tall panel sits on each outer face. The stone is gray and coarse, with buff tones in the recesses. Over ten and a half feet tall.

It marks the way in. Nothing more needs saying.