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

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).

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