Two carriers of cinnamon bundles

Outside, on uneven sloping terrain, two men stand. Both carry a carrying pole (pingo) over their shoulder. Of the bales of rolled cinnamon bark hanging at the front and back, only those at the front are drawn. The men belong to the Sinhalese professional group of cinnamon peelers of the caste of the chalia's or Salagama. The peeled inner bark of the cinnamon tree is curled during drying and then rolled into pipes – the men carry them bundled on their pingo. The man on the left wears a hip cloth (veshti, lungi) reaching above the knees, wrapped in the Sinhalese manner and tucked at the waist; the upper body is uncovered. The man on the right is dressed in a hip cloth (veshti, lungi) reaching above the knees, wrapped in the Sinhalese manner and tucked at the waist; the upper body is uncovered. On his left shoulder rests a long carrying pole (pingo), at the front of which a bundle of cinnamon bark hangs. Sheet 99 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets.