Toddy tapper and Sinhalese soldier

Outside on a slope stand two men. The man on the left is a palm wine tapper. He wears a double-folded and high-pulled hip cloth (veshti, lungi). His upper body and legs are uncovered. On his left hip he carries an earthenware pot (labu katey) for collecting palm wine (tolwagen or toddy), hung in a net of cords, which can be used to carry the pot. Behind the pot hangs a wooden case with a bundle of tools: knives to cut the flower of the coconut palm and a hammer (thalanaya) to flatten the flower. Around his head the man wears a wreath of leaves, possibly to ward off insects. The man on the right is a Ceylonese mercenary soldier (lascorijn). He is dressed in a knee-length hip cloth (veshti, lungi), worn in a Ceylonese manner. His feet are hidden behind the drawn slope. The upper body is uncovered. On his left side hangs a kastane (short sword) whose hilt protrudes high. On his right side a dagger protrudes above the tucked-in waistband.