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1935.75.22

Religious building model.

1935.75.22

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Collection type
Object
Description
Religious building model.
Geographical reference
Sri Lanka
Asia > Southern Asia > Sri Lanka
Anuradhapura
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
By 1935
Acquisition information
Loaned: 07/1935 Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Length: max 94 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1935.75.22 Other numbers: 22
Research and responses

Anuradhapura city, north-central Sri Lanka (Ceylon). The old section of Anuradhapura, now preserved as an archaeological park, is the best known of Sri Lanka's ancient ruined cities; in the immediate vicinity are huge bell-shaped dagobas (Buddhist commemorative shrines, or stupas) built of small sun-dried bricks ... [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [AP 6/11/2000]

Search terms: Model, Religion, Reproduction, Shrine

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