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the group are, to say the least of it, remarkable and it seems 
possible that the Kéris (92) may bea conventionalised Phallus, 
while the Sudu (ror & 93) may, perhaps, be a representation 
of the yout. 
Of the platform blocks, two are rectangular (99 & 100), 
one being almost square; the third block is a rough hexagon. 
It is worthy of note that several of the granite monoliths 
show notchings, ribbings, or crenulations at their edges, num- 
bers 92 and 94 affording good examples of ribbing, while the 
turtle-back (102) is crenulate at one edge. 
The sculptured designs which stand out in somewhat 
low relief on the Kémudi (94) and the P&dang (92) are 
extremely interesting. Those on the former appear to be 
chiefly zoomorphic grotesques. At the bottom of the designs 
on the Kémudi can be distinguished an animal which appears 
to be meant for a horse or pony, while just above it is 
another zoomorph, seemingly a bird, the legs of which are 
however prolonged, one passing downwards and_ bending 
under the feet of the “horse’”’ to end finally in a club-shaped 
appendage behind that animal’s tail, the other curving up- 
wards to form a similar club-shaped object behind the 
““bird’s”’ body. It seems not impossible that the bird may 
be a crude representation of a peacock since the head bears 
a projection which is, perhaps, the peacock’s crest, while the 
club-shaped appendage behind it may be meant for its tail. 
The discoidal object, too, in the centre of the stone is 
extremely interesting as it may possibly show that the con- 
structors of the monument were sun-worshippers or moon 
worshippers. ! 
The rest of the designs in relief may be, as I am inclined 
to think that they are, highly conventionalised plumes of 
feathers, or possibly phyllomorphic grotesques : 
have yet omitted to mention the very curious projec- 
tion on the left of the stone ; this appears to be the conven- 
tionalised head of an animal of some kind. The curly 
barbule under the chin is a most peculiar feature of the 
sculpture. 
To pass now to the Pédang (92). There can,I think, be 
no doubt at all that the lowest object represented on this is a 
dragon. The body, tail, head, and recurved horns are all 
distinctly marked, and the snout of the animal projects 
between the ribbings at the edge of the stone. 
The other sculptured objects on the stone are much more 
problematical; that directly above the dragon is, I am pretty 
sure, an animal grotesque of some kind: looked at in one 
light it appears to be a buffalo’s head with ears, nose, eyes 
and mouth fairly plainly defined; in another, part of it appears 
| Mr. E. E. W. G. Schroder tells me that he considers that the stone 
monuments of Nias are connected with moon-worship, not with sun-worship. 
