Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

Female dancers at a Buddhist temple

Subject

Women dancers
Stone carving--Gaḍalādeṇi Rajamahā Vihāraya (Kandy, Sri Lanka)
Buddhist art--Sri Lanka

Description

Common to many Buddhist temples of the post-Polonnaruva period is a procession of dancers and musicians carved in relief between the plinth and mouldings of the shrine. This frieze of female dancers is from the 14th century temple at Gadaladeniya near Gampola.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Gadaladeniya, Sri Lanka

Date

ca. 14th 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.117

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Female dancers at a Buddhist temple," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12614, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12614 (accessed March 28, 2024).

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