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Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting
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Title
Female dancers at a Buddhist temple
Subject
Women dancers
Stone carving--Niyangampaya temple--Gampola--Sri Lanka
Buddhist art--Sri Lanka
Description
This is a frieze of female dancers from the Niyangampaya temple, close to Gampola in Kandy District.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Niyangampaya temple, Gampola, 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.118
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Female dancers at a Buddhist temple," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12615, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12615 (accessed March 28, 2024).