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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
Collection
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).