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Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting
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Title
Mythical creatures (part female and part bird) - Kinnaris
Subject
Symbolism in art (Kinnaras)
Painted ceilings--Temple of the Tooth, Kandy--Sri Lanka
Description
Painted on the ceiling of the ground floor of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy is this group of Kinnari (female Kinnara) maidens in combination.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Temple of the Tooth Relic, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Date
1529-1815 A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2012
Contributor
Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha
Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith
Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini
Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.
International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo
Rights
All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.
Relation
Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection
Format
JPEG 2000
Language
eng
Type
image
Identifier
PDWESLSP.S.150
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Mythical creatures (part female and part bird) - Kinnaris," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12647, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12647 (accessed May 21, 2024).