SRI LANKAN
Five-woman knot
(Pancha naari gataya)
(early 20th century)

Medium
opaque watercolour on paper

Measurements
49.0 × 27.0 cm (image) 52.4 × 32.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Accessioned, 1956

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sri Lanka

Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in pen and ink (in Sinhalese script) c.r.: පන්ච් නාරි ගටෙ
inscribed in pen and ink l.c.l.: Case No Fo 39 No
inscribed in pencil and pen and ink l.c.l.: 36
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: cat. fo (…illeg.) . No1.

Accession Number
3432A-4

Department
Asian Art

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SRI LANKAN
Five-woman knot
(Pancha naari gataya)
(early 20th century)