The female in erotic art

Eerotic art

Erotic art--Sri Lanka

Wood carving--Hindu temples--Sri Lanka--Jaffna

Photographs--Archaeological Dept.--Sri Lanka

This slide was made from a photograph available in the Department of Archaeology. An erotic scene associated with Hindu belief, this particular wood carving is found on a processional car at the Hindu temple at Palali in Jaffna. It is thought to be fairly old.

Sirima Kiribamune

Department of Archaeology, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Undated

Period of study: 1986-1987

Version: 01/12/2012

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

All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.

Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection

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