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Nagas (cobras) and naginis (female cobras) as guardians
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Title
Six hooded cobra-guardian with consorts sporting a single hood
Subject
Cobras in art
Limestone sculpture--National Museum (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Description
A sculpture of a naga (cobra) of unknown date, at the Colombo National Museum, is this lime stone relief, flanked by two naginis (female cobras) with single hoods. The naginis are supportive of the central cobra.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Colombo National Museum, Sri Lanka
Date
Unknown date
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.28
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Six hooded cobra-guardian with consorts sporting a single hood," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12525, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12525 (accessed March 29, 2024).