Ivory figure probably representing the maha mudaliyar, head of the Porta in Sri Lanka, The maha mudaliyar formed the link between the Dutch administration and the local population and played an important role in contacts with the court of Kandy, including as an interpreter. It may be a portrait of Nicolas Dias Abayasinha Amarasekera. He was employed by Governor De Graaff from March 8, 1785 until his death in 1794. The man is wearing a tuppottiya (long cloth wrapped several times around the waist and legs) and over it a long European coat with the entire length the front a row of buttons. Over

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