Krikštas

Krikštas (plural: krikštai) is a Lithuanian burial monument of oldest type.

Old krikštai are usually symmetric figurines of horseheads, birds, plants, hearts, etc.

Since 19th-century cross-shaped monuments started to appear and the destruction figurine-type krikštai proceeded, since they were considered to be remnants of paganism.

The figurine-type were mostly found in Lithuania Minor, in the areas of Protestant faith.

Similar tombheads were reported in Protestant areas of Germany and Latvia.

Restored krikštai at the ethnographic cemetery in Nida, Lithuania