I just acquire this ticket, named “Rest Wall”.
Without the caption, I may as a Westerner looked at the design as just three random Indian people.
But it isn’t. The title describes exactly what is happening and it is an absolutely logical and charming detail of life in rural India. Obviously with no shade and heavy loads to carry upon your head, wouldn’t it be marvelous if there were a small section of wall built that meant instead of putting your load down when having a rest, it could be temporarily held at head height on top of the wall.
The added bonus of the wall would be to provide some much needed shade, in which a cigarette could be enjoyed.
A simple but elegant part of rural Indian life illustrated here as a trade mark to remind cloth buyers how good life can be. Much better than putting a picture of Queen Victoria, Empress of India on the label.
