Women in music and dance

Dublin Core

Title

Female dancer between two male musicians

Subject

Women dancers--Sri Lanka

Stone carving--Mihintale (Sri Lanka)

Description

This stone relief carving of a female dancer between two male musicians can be seen on the north face of the Lion Bath at Mihintale. This pond was attached to a monastic complex, and can be assigned to the mid-Anuradhapura period according to scholars.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Mihintale--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

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.106

Coverage

Collection

Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

Dublin Core XML

http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12603?output=dcmes-xml

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Female dancer between two male musicians," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12603, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12603 (accessed April 24, 2024).

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