Panava Katuva Ivory Comb Panel with Devi [slides] Devi sitting cross legged with a dancer on either side. These panels were usually carved on both sides and perforated. The frame (katuva) often has a border of geometrical designs (kundirakkan) fringed by a row of small circles (arimbuva). The combs may have a single panel or a central panel flanked on either side by smaller panels ACSAA - Michigan ACSAA - 1 Slide Col. ill 35mm. - Sri Lanka II (ACSAA series 3301-3400) .

IGNCA slides collection, cross reference, American Committee for South Asian Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art


Decorative Art-Sri-Lanka-17th C.
Ivory Comb Panel
Devi
Ivory Corving (Sri-Lanka)

ACSAA / 3370