mah jong component; drawer (containers)

Wooden drawer with a metal handle, separated into four compartments. This is the bottom drawer in a wooden chest containing a Mah Jong set. The first compartment contains 44 bone number wticks decorated with red dots at either end. The second compartment contains 76 shorter bone number sticks with black dots at either end. The third compartment contains a small bone pot with lid, containing four bone tokens. The fourth compartment contains four blank Mah Jong tiles made of bone adn bamboo, and also a miniature bamboo box with a sliding lid, containing four small bone dice.

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