A round, painted, wooden box with a detachable lid. The base is a short cylinder with the outer surface decorated black and red with decorative borders at the top and bottom and the main section forming a grid pattern with carved bone studs at the crosses and a red motif in the middle of the grid. Inside the box is painted red with a thick, green band at the rim and a circular hole in the base. The lid is domed and decorated in the same design as the base.
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