Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

A nāgini, female cobra of dwarfish stature

Subject

Cobra (nāgini)--Stone image--Vatadage, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Cobras in art
Dwarfs in art

Description

This female bahirava, with a cobra twirling round her hair-do, is a naga attendant of the nagaraja carved on a guardstone at the Vatadage in Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka. A date between the 10th and 12th centuries A.D. may be suggested for this sculpture.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Vatadage, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka

Date

ca. 10th 12th centuries 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.87

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "A nāgini, female cobra of dwarfish stature," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12584, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12584 (accessed March 29, 2024).

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