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Title
A nāgini, female cobra of dwarfish stature
Subject
Cobra (nāgini)--Stone image--Vatadage, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Cobras in art
Dwarfs in art
Description
This female bahirava, with a cobra twirling round her hair-do, is a naga attendant of the nagaraja carved on a guardstone at the Vatadage in Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka. A date between the 10th and 12th centuries A.D. may be suggested for this sculpture.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Vatadage, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 10th 12th centuries 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.87
Coverage
ce
Collection
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Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "A nāgini, female cobra of dwarfish stature," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12584, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12584 (accessed May 2, 2024).