And elephant and a mahout, esaias boursss, 1662 In the middle of the leaf is an elephant without tusks (Aliya) signed, seen from the side. On the left is the head with hanging trunk and flat to the ears. It is a Srilankan elephant (Elephas Maximus Maximus). On top of the shoulders is - without a saddle - an elephant leader (Mahout or Nayaka) with a Henduwa in his right hand, a stick with a metal hook that is not visible here. The man is only dressed in loincloth and has a hat on his head. To the right of the drawing (later, after 1671) a text was credited to pencil: Oolifant. Leaf 43 from a s
And elephant and a mahout, esaias boursss, 1662 In the middle of the leaf is an elephant without tusks (Aliya) signed, seen from the side. On the left is the head with hanging trunk and flat to the ears. It is a Srilankan elephant (Elephas Maximus Maximus). On top of the shoulders is - without a saddle - an elephant leader (Mahout or Nayaka) with a Henduwa in his right hand, a stick with a metal hook that is not visible here. The man is only dressed in loincloth and has a hat on his head. To the right of the drawing (later, after 1671) a text was credited to pencil: Oolifant. Leaf 43 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush Asiatic races and peoples (SRILANKANS). trunked animals: elephant (+ man and animal). Sri Lanka. Colombo
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