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Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting
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Title
Paintings of women (divine females or royal queens?) playing with flowers
Subject
Rites and ceremonies
Women in art--Rock paintings--Sigiriya (Sri Lanka)
Description
Interpreted mostly as divine females and at times as royal queens, the women painted on the rock caves at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, seem to be cast in the role of religious devotees. The figures are cut off at a point a little below the waist and they carry flower offerings.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Date
5th 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.94
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Paintings of women (divine females or royal queens?) playing with flowers," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12591, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12591 (accessed March 29, 2024).