Thommanon Devata (sacred female image). Note the pleated, wrapped sampot style, rolled to open like a flower at the top. These represent a style seen on older Khmer temples. Also note that the women with the pleated skirts are represented at higher elevations at Thommanon, suggesting that these ancestors are perhaps being honored above the (contemporary) devata who appear in Angkor Wat style sampots below. Siem Reap, Cambodia http://www.Devata.org
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