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Title
A woman asserting her self over her aged husband
Subject
Female violence
Vessantarā Jātaka
Scroll-paintings--Arattana Vihara, Hanguranketa (Sri Lanka)
Description
Here is an occasion in which the female asserts herself over her aged husband in the Vessantara Jataka (one of the former birth stories of the Buddha). It is painted with great animation in this 18th century A.D., scroll painting found at the Arattana Vihare, Hanguranketa, Sri Lanka.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Arattana Vihare, Hanguranketa, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 18th century A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2014
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.157
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "A woman asserting her self over her aged husband," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12654, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12654 (accessed March 29, 2024).