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Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting
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Title
Composite figures (part female) - Narilata
Subject
Symbolism in art (Narilata)
Wall-painting--Temple of the Tooth, Kandy--Sri Lanka
Decorative art
Description
An elaborate narilata motif which consists of the central female forms and a host of other female heads within the creeper design is seen painted on the wooden ceiling of the ground floor of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is a rare form of the narilata motif and serves a decorative purpose.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Temple of the Tooth Relic, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Date
1529-1815 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.147
Coverage
ce
Collection
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Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Composite figures (part female) - Narilata," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12644, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12644 (accessed May 4, 2024).