Two women at a roadside, Esaias Boursse, 1662 Next to each other a standing and a sitting woman. The woman on the right is sitting on a boulder on the side of the road. Both women are dressed in a long wrap skirt (Redda). In addition, they wear a wide Portuguese blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte). For both, the hair is separated in the middle and tightly stabbed back in a Wrong (Condé). The sitting woman seems to hold an open bag with her right hand on her lap. She wears a tight bead cord around her neck. Both women are Eurasian or Singalese. In the middle of the leaf next to the sta
Two women at a roadside, Esaias Boursse, 1662 Next to each other a standing and a sitting woman. The woman on the right is sitting on a boulder on the side of the road. Both women are dressed in a long wrap skirt (Redda). In addition, they wear a wide Portuguese blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte). For both, the hair is separated in the middle and tightly stabbed back in a Wrong (Condé). The sitting woman seems to hold an open bag with her right hand on her lap. She wears a tight bead cord around her neck. Both women are Eurasian or Singalese. In the middle of the leaf next to the standing woman a vague sketch of a standing figure with wrap skirt. Page 77 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). styles of hairdress (with NAME) - ~women Sri Lanka. Colombo
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