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Five women labourers at the roadside, sketchbook page, Group of five women outside on a sloping road. Their faces show South Indian features. All five are dressed in a long South Indian wrap-around garment (selai or sari) that is wrapped over the upper body via the back and shoulder, tucked back into the waist, and covers the breasts. All five women have their heads and hair covered with headscarves of varying sizes: from very simple to thickly wrapped. The woman on the left stands with her feet behind a mound of earth. They are likely laborers from South India or Jaffna, brought to Colombo for earthwork. Sheet 105 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets., draftsman (artist): Esaias Boursse, Sri Lanka, 1662, draftsman (artist), South Asia, materials by function, paper, ink, brush, brush in gray, height 148 mm x width 196 mm, Asiatic races and peoples: Indians, working class, laborers - AA - women, clothes covering the entire body (with NAME), overseas history, Colombo, Period, 1662 - 1670, A grayscale drawing of several standing figures wearing draped garments and headwraps, shown from various angles with visible folds and flowing fabric, bare feet on a textured ground, one figure turned away revealing the back of a wrapped cloth, another facing mostly forward with an expressive face, a seated figure holding a bowl, and rocky shapes in the foreground.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Five women labourers roadside sketchbook page Group five women outside sloping road faces South Indian features five dressed long South Indian wrap- garment selai sari wrapped upper body via back shoulder tucked back waist covers breasts five women heads hair covered headscarves varying sizes simple thickly wrapped woman left stands feet mound earth laborers South India Jaffna Colombo earthwork Sheet 105 sketchbook 117 sheets draftsman artist Esaias Boursse Sri Lanka 1662 South Asia materials function paper ink brush gray height 148 mm x width 196 mm Asiatic races peoples Indians working class laborers - AA - women clothes covering entire body Name overseas history Period 1662 - 1670 grayscale drawing several standing figures wearing draped garments headwraps shown various angles visible folds flowing fabric bare feet textured ground figure turned away revealing wrapped cloth another facing mostly forward expressive face seated figure holding bowl rocky shapes foreground