Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

The female in narrative art

The female in narrative art: A useful source for the study of conceptual positions regarding women in early Sri Lankan society is narrative art, which is largely in the form of painting. Unfortunately the chronological distribution of this material is extremely uneven, being weighted on the last two centuries of the period dealt with in this survey. Very little of the narrative paintings of the earlier period has survived.

Sirima Kiribamune

Period of study: 1986-1987

Version: 01/12/2013

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

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

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