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Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting
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Title
Divine consorts
Subject
Women in art--Sri Lanka
Stone carving--Atadage Temple--Polonnaruva (Sri Lanka)
Description
The two females in the company of an unidentified male god carved on one of the pillars at the Atadage temple, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka may also fit into the category of divine consorts (ca. 11th-12th century A.D.).
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Atadage, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 11th-12th century 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.22
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Divine consorts," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12519, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12519 (accessed March 28, 2024).