Attendant Goddesses

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Title

Attendant goddesses

Description

Attendant goddesses, both male and female, occupying subordinate positions are a familiar occurrence in early Sri Lankan sculpture. Divine maidens bearing chamaras or fly whisks and sometimes fans, as well as female dwarfs fall into this category.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

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

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

text

Identifier

PDWESLSP.S.81

Coverage

Collection

Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

Dublin Core XML

http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12578?output=dcmes-xml

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Attendant goddesses," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12578, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12578 (accessed April 18, 2024).

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