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Title
Cobra couple on a guardstone.
Subject
Cobras in art
Stone--bas-reliefs--Dematamal Vihare--Okkampitiya--Monaragala--Sri Lanka
Description
This guardstone at the Dematamal Vihare in Okkampitiya in the Moneragala district, Sri Lanka, shows a cobra couple with arms round each other. It reflects the growing importance of the female in naga-nagini guardstones in the middle Anuradhapura period (ca. 5th-7th century A.D.).
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Dematamal vihare, Okkampitiya, Moneragala, 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.37
Coverage
ce
Collection
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Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Cobra couple on a guardstone. ," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12534, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12534 (accessed April 19, 2024).