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Title
A bronze statuette of a dancing girl
Subject
Women dancers--Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)
Bronze figurines--Abhayagiri Vihara (Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka)
Description
This bronze figure of a female dancer was found at the Kuttampokuna or Twin ponds of the Abhayagiri monastery at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Some authorities believe that it was a part of a chain suspending an oil lamp. It is important to note that female dancers were considered appropriate as decorative devices in buildings associated with monasteries during the mid-Anuradhapura period to which this bronze may be assigned.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Kuttampokuna, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 8th 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.105
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "A bronze statuette of a dancing girl," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12602, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12602 (accessed April 20, 2024).