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Three women laborers, sketchbook page, Three young Sinhalese women of low caste, outside along the road. All three are wearing wrap skirts (redda), pleated in the Sinhalese style and tucked at the waist. Their upper bodies are uncovered. Their hair, parted in the middle, is pulled back into a bun (condé). Their stretched earlobes are open. The woman on the left is standing with a full basket in her left arm; the contents look like tamarind pods. The woman in the middle is squatting, with a basket on the ground to her left. The standing woman on the right is holding a basket against her left hip. They are gathering material; perhaps they are on their way to the market. Sheet 26 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets., draftsman (artist): Esaias Boursse, Sri Lanka, 1662, draftsman (artist), South Asia, materials by function, paper, ink, brush, grey brush, height 148 mm x width 196 mm, going to the market, working class, labourers - AA - women, Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME), styles of hairdress (with NAME) -, women, skirt (with NAME), overseas history, Colombo, Period, 1662 - 1670, A monochrome pencil drawing shows three barefoot women wearing draped skirts; two stand on either side holding woven baskets while a third sits on the ground between them with arms resting on folded cloth. The standing figures have exposed torsos and hold one basket filled with long objects and the other with a wrapped item on top, while the seated figure is wrapped in cloth around the lower body. All three have short hair and neutral facial expressions, and the ground beneath them is lightly shaded with subtle texture.

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Three women laborers sketchbook page Three young Sinhalese women low caste outside road three wearing wrap skirts redda pleated Sinhalese style tucked waist upper bodies uncovered hair parted middle pulled back bun condé stretched earlobes open woman left standing full basket left arm contents look tamarind pods squatting basket ground standing woman right holding left hip gathering material perhaps way market Sheet 26 sketchbook 117 sheets draftsman artist Esaias Boursse Sri Lanka 1662 South Asia materials function paper ink brush grey brush height 148 mm x width 196 mm going working class labourers - AA - women Asiatic races peoples Name styles hairdress - women skirt overseas history Colombo Period 1662 - 1670 monochrome pencil drawing three barefoot women wearing draped skirts two stand side woven baskets third sits them arms resting folded cloth standing figures exposed torsos hold basket filled long objects wrapped item top seated figure wrapped cloth lower body short hair neutral facial expressions ground beneath them lightly shaded subtle texture