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Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting
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Title
Nagini guardstone
Subject
Cobras in art
Stone--bas-reliefs--National Museum (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Description
This stone relief sculpture of a woman carrying a pot and what looks like a bell is kept at the Colombo National Museum. A faint indication of a cobra hood over her head possibly represents a nagini (female cobra) guardian of the middle Anuradhapura period (ca. 5th-7th century A.D.). The original find spot of this sculpture is said to be Pidurangala, close to Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. A replica can be seen at the Archaeological Museum in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Archeological Museum, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 5th-7th century 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.36
Coverage
ce
Collection
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Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Nagini guardstone," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12533, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12533 (accessed April 24, 2024).