The Ceylonese Tea-Plucker in Art

"Tea Plucking by Tamil Cooly Woman, Ceylon", postcard front. "Cooly" is an unusual spelling of "coolie," an archaic word derived from the mid 17th century Hindi and Telugu word kuli, meaning "day laborer," and probably associated with the Urdu word ḳuli, meaning "slave." Ceylon is now Sri Lanka.

The Salada Tea Plucker, Ceylon, postcard front, 1930s.

Tea Girl Safety Matches box cover, India, circa 1930s.

Tea Plucker, Ceylon (Sri Lanka): One woman, postcard front, 1920s.

Tea Plucker, Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Two women, postcard front, 1920s.

Tea Pluckers Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Three women, postcard front, 1920s.

The Tea Bush and Tea Pluckers at Work, postcard front, 1920s.

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Tea Pluckers, chrome era, postcard front.

Tea Pluckers at Work; seventeen women plucking tea with a male overseer in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), circa 1910. postcard front.

Plucking Tea Up-Country Estate Ceylon: Multiple women plucking tea in Ceylon (Sri-Lanka} with male overseers, circa 1930s, postcard front