Women in music and dance

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Title

A bronze dancing girl forming a section of a lamp chain

Subject

Women dancers
Bronze figurines--Archaeological museum, Dadigama, Sri Lanka

Description

Forming a section of a bronze lamp chain found in one of the relic chambers of the Sutighara Cetiya at Dadigama, Sri Lanka is a female dancer. Presently housed in the Archaeological museum, Dadigama, Sri Lanka the bronze lamp can be dated to the Polonnaruva period.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Archaeological Museum, Dadigama

Date

ca. 11th-12th 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.108

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "A bronze dancing girl forming a section of a lamp chain," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12605, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12605 (accessed April 23, 2024).

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