Tobacco box, kiran, with a separate lid. The base of the box has four pieces of rough wood that are reinforcing the pale, basketry base and sides. The lid is also made of the same basketry, with red fabric around the sides and yellow and black bead work design with a few pink and blue beads. The lid depicts two human faces.
label: yellow with black type; blue luggage tag with black type; collector's label
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