Meeting by the river

1 of 8 painted hessian scenes from a story with a wooden frame. In the foreground a young man in a boat, holding a paddle in his right hand, wearing a green jacket decorated with gold motifs and red border to the short sleeves and a red skirt cloth turns to speak to a yound woman fishing from the bank. She is wearing a horizontally striped sari, a necklace and a cream waistcloth. in the background four more women, similarly attired, also fish using nets from the river bank. Mountains in the distance.

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