Three Labsters, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Outside the road are three men, as if they are posing for the draftsman. On the left on a rock is a man. He carries a lines of lines (Veshti, Lungi) built between his legs to above his knees, and over his back, shoulders and left arm a second cloth (Chadar) that leaves his right arm uncovered. The ends of this cloth are on his lap. The man in the middle also wears a calf -long loincloth (Veshti, Lungi), and around his shoulders, back and upper arms a wrap (chadar) whose end is stabbed in the waist. Upper body and both forearms are uncovered. A straw has be
Three Labsters, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Outside the road are three men, as if they are posing for the draftsman. On the left on a rock is a man. He carries a lines of lines (Veshti, Lungi) built between his legs to above his knees, and over his back, shoulders and left arm a second cloth (Chadar) that leaves his right arm uncovered. The ends of this cloth are on his lap. The man in the middle also wears a calf -long loincloth (Veshti, Lungi), and around his shoulders, back and upper arms a wrap (chadar) whose end is stabbed in the waist. Upper body and both forearms are uncovered. A straw has been drawn in the lifted left hand: probably a toothpick (Dath Katuwa). The standing man on the right is wearing a knee -long lumbar cloth that seems to be draped in a Singalese way. Above that the hip -long shirt (kamisayas) with long covered sleeves. The two men left and middle are workers from South India or Jaffna; The man on the right may be a worker of Eurasian descent. Page 109 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush Eurasion, half-caste. Asiatic races and peoples: Indians. head-gear (with NAME). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME). toothpick. working class, labourers Colombo. Sri Lanka
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