Caption

View of an open shed and entrance of a yard, sketchbook page, In the foreground runs a road curving to the rear left with a high, overgrown verge. A woman stands on the road to the right. She is dressed in a foot-length wrap skirt (redda) and a wide shawl around her upper body and arms. Her hair is styled in a bun (condé). To the left in the verge, a few steps lead to a simple wooden entrance gate with a (metal?) roof, topped with a sphere. On the sidewalk in front of the gate stands a person dressed in a calf-length hip cloth (veshti, lungi) with a bare torso. His hair is styled up at the back. To the right of the entrance begins a fence of vertical posts and slats, connected halfway by a long horizontal slat. Through the fence, the wooden skeleton of a shed topped with a double roof of woven coconut palm leaves (cadjan) is visible. On the right side of the barn, a wall has been constructed halfway up in the traditional manner: woven screens of wicker, palm leaf, and/or wood (warichchi), filled and plastered with clay (mati). A woven mat hangs above the wall under the roof. A person stands beneath this roof, visible through the fence. It is likely a woman dressed in a long wrap skirt (redda) and a V-neck blouse (hatte). Behind this person, the wall and roof of a more distant clay building are visible. A similar building (mati geya) with a palm roof and open doorway is drawn to the right behind the barn. On the left in the background, vegetation or a barrier along the road is indicated with faint hatching, above which the crowns of two deciduous trees protrude. Sheet 87 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, barn, shed, 41D232, skirt (LUNGI), Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME), styles of hairdress (with NAME) -, women, clothing for the upper part of the

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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View open shed entrance yard sketchbook page foreground runs road curving rear left high overgrown verge woman stands road right dressed foot-length wrap skirt redda wide shawl upper body arms hair styled bun condé left verge steps lead simple wooden entrance gate metal roof topped sphere sidewalk front gate stands person dressed calf-length hip cloth veshti lungi bare torso styled up back entrance begins fence vertical posts slats connected halfway long horizontal slat wooden skeleton shed topped double roof woven coconut palm leaves cadjan visible right side barn wall constructed halfway up traditional manner woven screens wicker palm leaf wood warichchi filled plastered clay mati woven mat hangs wall under person stands beneath woman dressed long wrap skirt V-neck blouse hatte distant clay building building mati geya palm roof open doorway drawn background vegetation barrier indicated faint hatching crowns two deciduous trees protrude Sheet 87 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 shed 41D232 skirt Lungi Asiatic races peoples Name styles hairdress - women clothing upper part