Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

Sigiriya paintings- women carrying flowers

Subject

Women and religion--Sri Lanka
Women in art--Sri Lanka
Rock paintings--Sigiriya (Sri Lanka)

Description

The paintings of women carrying flowers, probably for worship, at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, belong to the period of Kasyapa I, in the 5th century A.D.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Date

5th 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.96

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Sigiriya paintings- women carrying flowers," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12593, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12593 (accessed June 8, 2023).

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