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Title: Painted ceiling decoration: hamsas (swans)
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 1999
Publication Information: Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Ancient Cultural Sites and Royal Residences
Rights Information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description: Painted ceiling decoration. The upper panel depicts intertwined necks of four hamsas (swans) in several colors in the central circle as well as the surrounding areas, also with four pairs.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01524
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1622
Subject: Ceilings
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Time Period: 17th, 18th-early 19th century CE
Place: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Daladā Māligāwa)
Kandy
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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