Headdress and Head-gear of Apsara Dancers from the Main Image in Sikhoraphum Sanctuary, Amphoe Sikhoraphum, Surin Province

Abstract

The objective of this research were: 1) to study of head ornaments of Apsaras that found on the carved-stone images in the Khmer sanctuaries of Thailand and Cambodia, 2)to invent and develop a head ornament of Apsara for performing. The carved-stone images of Apsaras found at Prasat Sikhoraphum in Sikhoraphum district, Surin province, Thailand, and at Angor Wat in Cambodia were selected for this study.