Three dancing figures

1 of 8 painted hessian scenes from a story with a wooden frame. A young man dressed in a short-sleeved green jacket decorated with gold motifs, a white waist cloth edged with gold over a red loincloth and a red waist sash is dancing to the right of the picture. On the left, also dancing, is an older man with large moustache, black turban, red jacket trimmed with gold and white loin cloth, carrying a sword. Behind him is a drummer. All three have similar white-painted markings on forehead and nose.

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