Four Women and A Man, Esaias Boursss, 1662 A group of people is drawn outside on an uneven ground. At the far left on a slope, a woman is squatting, with the eyes closed. She is wearing a Portuguese blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte), a long wrap skirt (Redda) and a rolled up cloth around her head. The woman next to her is a bit back, her feet hide behind the slope. She also bears a wrap skirt stabbed in the waist, a Portuguese blouse and a rolled up headscarf that depends on her shoulders. On her head is a water jug (Kalaya). Seen between them in a sketchy impetus of a woman from be

Four Women and A Man, Esaias Boursss, 1662 A group of people is drawn outside on an uneven ground. At the far left on a slope, a woman is squatting, with the eyes closed. She is wearing a Portuguese blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte), a long wrap skirt (Redda) and a rolled up cloth around her head. The woman next to her is a bit back, her feet hide behind the slope. She also bears a wrap skirt stabbed in the waist, a Portuguese blouse and a rolled up headscarf that depends on her shoulders. On her head is a water jug (Kalaya). Seen between them in a sketchy impetus of a woman from behind. On the right side a man with his arms is folded in front of the belly. He wears a wide hip rug (Veshti, Lungi), tied in a South Indian way (as Dhoti) and rolled over at the waist; There is a second long cloth (Chadar) around his shoulders. The woman's squatting right before him carries a Portuguese blouse (Hatte), a long wrap skirt (Redda) and a rolled up cloth around the head. Next to her on the ground is an earthen water jug (Kalaya). Page 46 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME). skirt (with NAME).. head-gear (with NAME) Sri Lanka. Colombo

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