Two Men Smoking and Pipe, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Two piping men can be seen outside on a sloping terrain. The man on the left is, the man on the right is squatting. Both wear a hip cloth (veshti, lungi) over the knee, turned over and stabbed in the waist, the upper body is uncovered. Both men have combed their hair back and stabbed in a bun, and a full beard and mustache. The standing figure holds the head of a long -standing Goudse pipe on which he pulls with his mouth. A cloud of smoke circles above his fingers. The squatted man also pulls a Gouda pipe, of which he holds the head with his lef


Two Men Smoking and Pipe, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Two piping men can be seen outside on a sloping terrain. The man on the left is, the man on the right is squatting. Both wear a hip cloth (veshti, lungi) over the knee, turned over and stabbed in the waist, the upper body is uncovered. Both men have combed their hair back and stabbed in a bun, and a full beard and mustache. The standing figure holds the head of a long -standing Goudse pipe on which he pulls with his mouth. A cloud of smoke circles above his fingers. The squatted man also pulls a Gouda pipe, of which he holds the head with his left hand. Possibly the draftsman had the same man pose double. Given the hairstyle and facial hair, they are probably Singalese men. Page 48 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME). pipe ~ tobacco Sri Lanka. Colombo


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