Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

Mythical creatures (part female and part bird) - Kinnaris

Subject

Symbolism in art (Kinnaras)
Painted ceilings--Temple of the Tooth, Kandy--Sri Lanka

Description

Painted on the ceiling of the ground floor of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy is this group of Kinnari (female Kinnara) maidens in combination.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Temple of the Tooth Relic, Kandy, 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.150

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Mythical creatures (part female and part bird) - Kinnaris," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12647, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12647 (accessed April 24, 2024).

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