Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

Composite figures (part female) - Narilata

Subject

Symbolism in art (Narilata)
Ivory carving--National Museum (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Decorative art

Description

This comb with a carving of a Narilata is one of a large selection of ivory combs of the Kandyan period exhibited at the Colombo National museum.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

National Museum, Colombo, 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.146

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Composite figures (part female) - Narilata," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12643, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12643 (accessed March 28, 2024).

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