Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

Female dancers on ornamental windows

Subject

Women dancers
Stone carving--Yapahuva Archaological Museum--(Sri Lanka)

Description

On either side of the entrance porch at Yapahuva are two ornamental windows in which female dancers are used as decorative motifs. The stone window with this and other decorative motifs is presently stored in the Yapahuva Archaeological Museum.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Archaeological Museum, Yapahuva

Date

ca. 13th 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.115

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Female dancers on ornamental windows," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12612, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12612 (accessed April 25, 2024).

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