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Title
Female attendant
Subject
Female attendant--Stuccowork--Royal Palace, Kandy--Sri Lanka
Description
Placed in a palace context, this life-size sculpture of a chamara bearer of the 18th century. It is one of four brick and stucco reliefs carved on the walls of the entrance hall at the royal palace in Kandy, Sri Lanka. They may represent a realistic picture of the type of attendant of royalty during this time, or they may even represent apsaras, for divine status was an attribute of kingship.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Former Royal palace, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Date
18th 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.84
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Female attendant," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12581, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12581 (accessed April 25, 2024).