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Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting
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Title
Eerotic art
Subject
Erotic art--Sri Lanka
Wood carving--Hindu temples--Sri Lanka--Jaffna
Photographs--Archaeological Dept.--Sri Lanka
Description
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.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Department of Archaeology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date
Undated
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.132
Coverage
ce
Collection
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Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, " Eerotic art," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12629, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12629 (accessed May 16, 2024).