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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
Collection
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).