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1557756001
Slip catalogue: Box formed of a section of bamboo with detachable cover of hard dark brown wood. Ornamented round the centre by a band of incised horizontal lines. cover, which resembles a cylinder surmounted by a half expanded flower, inverted, is ornamented by horizontal bands of incised zig-zag between bands of incised lines, forming two compartments. Top, carved to represent petals, is separated from cylindrical part by a deep groove round which runs a twisted flax cord made fast at the other end to a perforation in the side of the box.
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