Costumes of Sri LankaThe scope of this book is the evolution of Sri Lankan costumes spanning from around 6th century B.C. with the first available records of the island's dress form, to the post-independence era. This broad time span begins with hints of a pre-Vijayan culture of costumes and textiles and ends in the post independence politics and its relationship to dress both in prescription and practice. Sculptures, graffiti, paintings, literature and photographs in the book provide an engrossing glimpse of the traditions of clothing in this multi-cultural island. |
Contents
Ancient and Medieval Costume | 1 |
Sinhala CasteDress | 11 |
Early Colonial Encounters | 45 |
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20th Century adorned Anagarika Dharmapala Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Arnold Wright attire bangles beads belt blouse body breasts British buttons cabaya camboy caste Century A.D. Ceylon Observer Pictorial Christmas Number cloth coat Colombo Chetty colonial coloured comb corset costume cotton cultural dance dancers decorative designs donning drape dress forms Dutch elaborate embroidered embroidery ethnic fashion form of dress frill front gold hair ibid Impressions of Ceylon Indian island Isurumuniya jacket Jaffna jewellery kabaya Kandy Kandyan Chief King lace lace-making low-country Malay male manté Medieval Sinhalese Art Mudliyar Muslim national dress National Museum neck necklaces occasions op.cit ornaments osariya pendant pleated popular Portuguese Robert Knox Rodiya round sari sarong shawl shoulder Sigiriya silk Silva silver Sinhala Sinhalese skirt Sri Lanka style symbolic Tamil women thali thread traditional trousers tucked tunic turban Twentieth Century Impressions undergarments upper velvet verti waist wear western woman women's dress wore worn woven yakkas