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Title
Female dancers and musicians
Subject
Women dancers
Stone carving--Anuradhapura Archaeological Museum (Sri Lanka)
Hindu art
Description
At the Anuradhapura Archaeological Museum is this stone frieze, of female dancers. This relief carving probably adorned a Hindu shrine of the late Polonnaruva period.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Colombo National Museum, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 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.110
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Female dancers and musicians," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12607, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12607 (accessed March 29, 2024).