A woman and a sleeping girl inside a house, Esaias Boursse, 1662 In a room with tight white walls, a Eurasian woman sits on a wooden armchair on the left. She wears a long wrap skirt (Redda) of fabric with flowers or balls motif, which is stabbed in the waist in a Singalese way a wide Portuguese blouse with long sleeves (hate). The hair with a divorce in the middle is tightly combed in a Wrong (Condé). She is wearing Portuguese mouths on her feet. The chair is a simple Portuguese model with woven wicker or rattan seat and back. It seems to be a rocking chair. Left on the armrest of the chair

A woman and a sleeping girl inside a house, Esaias Boursse, 1662 In a room with tight white walls, a Eurasian woman sits on a wooden armchair on the left. She wears a long wrap skirt (Redda) of fabric with flowers or balls motif, which is stabbed in the waist in a Singalese way a wide Portuguese blouse with long sleeves (hate). The hair with a divorce in the middle is tightly combed in a Wrong (Condé). She is wearing Portuguese mouths on her feet. The chair is a simple Portuguese model with woven wicker or rattan seat and back. It seems to be a rocking chair. Left on the armrest of the chair is a possible tin, round bowl with a high edge. There are two betel leaves and an ukkanoot. On the right a girl is sleeping on the floor with her head on a pillow. She is dressed in wrapping skirt and blouse. She has thick wavy hair. Page 19 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush Eurasion, half-caste. styles of hairdress (with NAME) - ~women. skirt (with NAME). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME). rocking-chair. betel, sirih. interior of the house Sri Lanka. Colombo

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