Two Women, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Two women - Singalese or Eurasian. Possibly it is one and the same woman, but in two positions. Both women wear a wrap skirt (Redda) in Singalese style, stabbed with the folds at the front stabbed at the waist. In addition, they wear a wide Portuguese blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte). In the woman on the left you can see the 'collar' folded backwards (= the neck opening cut at the front). The head is not, visible, but a long headscarf that hangs down over the left shoulder. The woman on the right wears a smaller headscarf. Page 40 from a sketchbook w
Two Women, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Two women - Singalese or Eurasian. Possibly it is one and the same woman, but in two positions. Both women wear a wrap skirt (Redda) in Singalese style, stabbed with the folds at the front stabbed at the waist. In addition, they wear a wide Portuguese blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte). In the woman on the left you can see the 'collar' folded backwards (= the neck opening cut at the front). The head is not, visible, but a long headscarf that hangs down over the left shoulder. The woman on the right wears a smaller headscarf. Page 40 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME). Eurasion, half-caste. skirt (with NAME). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) Sri Lanka. Colombo
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