Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

A female dancer

Subject

Women dancers
Ivory carving--Ridi Vihara (Ridigama, Sri Lanka)

Description

Positioned at the bottom of a door jamb, is this dancer, from the Ridi Vihare in the Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka. Carved in ivory, it can be dated to the Kandyan period.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Ridi Vihare, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

Date

1529-1815 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.123

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "A female dancer," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12620, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12620 (accessed April 26, 2024).

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