Two Sinhalese men with bales of cinnamon

Outdoors, two men stand by the road. Both carry a carrying pole (pingo) over their shoulder with bales of rolled-up cinnamon bark hanging in front and behind. They belong to the profession of cinnamon peelers (chalia's or Salagama). The man on the left is bald. He wears a hip cloth (veshti, lungi) above the knees, wrapped in the Sinhalese manner and fastened at the waist; the upper body is bare. The carrying pole (pingo) on his right shoulder he holds with his right hand. The rear bale of cinnamon is partly hidden by the back binding. The man on the right is dressed in a hip cloth (veshti, lungi) above the knees, wrapped in the Sinhalese manner and fastened at the waist; the upper body is bare. He has short curly hair, a mustache and a short beard. On his left shoulder lies the carrying pole (pingo) with bundles of cinnamon bark hanging in front and behind. Leaf 34 from a sketchbook with 117 leaves.