Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

Frieze of Hindu goddesses, the Seven Mothers

Frieze (Hindu deities)

Stone images--Colombo National Museum (Sri Lanka)

This frieze of the Saptamatrkas, made up of three stone slabs, is seen at the Colombo National Museum. They can be identified as the female companions of Brahma, Siva, Vishnu and some of his incarnations and the Goddess Camunda. Originally found among the ruins of Siva Devala No. 5 at Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka, the sculpture can be ascribed to the 11th or 12th century A. D.

Sirima Kiribamune

Colombo National Museum, Sri Lanka

ca. 11th or 12th century A.D.

Period of study: 1986-1987

Version: 01/12/2012

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

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Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection

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