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L. T. P. Manjusri

dated January 17, 1979 · Watercolor on paper · Asian Art

Four women dressed in traditional waist-shirts (Sinh. tuppotiya) and long sleeved blouses, prepare food in an open kitchen with red interior walls, blue beams and a tiled roof. On the right two girls prepare coconut milk: one sits on the coconut scrapper whilst the other holds a machete for splitting the nut. To the left two women are pouring a liquid, likely the coconut milk, through a strainer into a large earthenware cooking pot set on rocks over a fire. An array of fresh fruits hangs from the rafters. The four woman all wear skirts decorated in the traditional Sri Lankan manner, with a saw-tooth patterned front panel (tumpal) and floral repeat patterns on the central ground.

Artist

L. T. P. Manjusri

Date

dated January 17, 1979

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Culture

Sinhala

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Lin Lougheed Collection, Gift of Lin Lougheed, 2016