Mate Herb

Composition in ochre, gray, green, earthy, white, blue and black. Rough texture result of its support of the work. It depicts three peasants, caboclos, working at harvest and yerba mate drying, being watched by foreman. All figures are robust build. In the foreground on the left a tree log; a little behind, farmer standing in front, holding a yerba mate branch upside down. wears clear long sleeve shirt, and has defined facial features. With the on the left hand holds the branch of the plant and to secure the on the right lower limb like yanking it. On the right foreman figure, back, 3/4 facing left, wears black hat suggesting be leather, jacket and light trousers and high boots with spurs; It has legs apart, at rest, and arms along the body. In the background, on the right, down surrounded made of small logs, seeing himself, inside, tidy mate ready for drying. On the third level, on the left, farmer standing in front, wears white shirt half sleeve and pants rolled up below the knees, his arms are along the body, has the legs slightly bent and slightly apart. A little more ahead and to the right a log isolated tree. In the background, one sees some tree trunks suggesting a forest not very dense, and on the right of the center, the more a farmer standing with his back to the trunk slightly inclined forward. wear straw hat, short-sleeved shirt and pants rolled up below the knees, your legs are apart and are barefoot. The rest of the background and the ground are represented by quadrangular areas in various shades seeing is lighter area in the center suggesting light.