MAN AND WOMAN, BOTH Labours, Esaias Boursss, 1662 In a hilly terrain is on the left, a man sits on a rock lump. He is dressed in a long hip rug (Veshti, Lungi or South Indian Dhoti?) And a wrap (Chadar) that leaves his right shoulder uncovered. A big head of cloth is wrapped around his head. He may be from South India and put to work here. On the right a woman is sitting on an inverted basket. She is dressed in a long wrap skirt (Redda) and a Portuguese blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte). Her head is covered with a hanging cloth, on which there is a carrier ring. She can be a Eurasia

MAN AND WOMAN, BOTH Labours, Esaias Boursss, 1662 In a hilly terrain is on the left, a man sits on a rock lump. He is dressed in a long hip rug (Veshti, Lungi or South Indian Dhoti?) And a wrap (Chadar) that leaves his right shoulder uncovered. A big head of cloth is wrapped around his head. He may be from South India and put to work here. On the right a woman is sitting on an inverted basket. She is dressed in a long wrap skirt (Redda) and a Portuguese blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte). Her head is covered with a hanging cloth, on which there is a carrier ring. She can be a Eurasian or Singalese wife of Lage Kaste. Both figures are drawn from the front. The draftsman found them while they were resting from work. Blad 86 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME). Asiatic races and peoples: Indians. Eurasion, half-caste. skirt (with NAME). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME).. head-gear (with NAME). working class, labourers - AA - women. working class, labourers Sri Lanka. Colombo

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