Three Sinhalese Women, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Three women outside on a sloping surface: two standing and one squat. They are Singalese women of Lage Kaste. They wear a wrap skirt (Redda), folded in a Singalese way and stabbed at the waist. Above that a Portuguese wide blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte). The standing woman on the left wears a cloth around her head, which is wrapped around her neck and shoulders and depends to low on her back. She may use it as a bearing ring. The standing woman in the middle - without a headscarf - carries the hair in the middle separated and combed bac

Three Sinhalese Women, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Three women outside on a sloping surface: two standing and one squat. They are Singalese women of Lage Kaste. They wear a wrap skirt (Redda), folded in a Singalese way and stabbed at the waist. Above that a Portuguese wide blouse with V-neck and long sleeves (Hatte). The standing woman on the left wears a cloth around her head, which is wrapped around her neck and shoulders and depends to low on her back. She may use it as a bearing ring. The standing woman in the middle - without a headscarf - carries the hair in the middle separated and combed back, probably stabbed in a wrong. The squatting woman on the right has raised her wrap skirt to the knee. She also wears a long cloth on her head, shoulders and back. On the cloth on her back hangs a carrying ring with which heavy loads are worn on the head. Leaf 36 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME). 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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