Box with three lids made from lacquered papier-mâché. The box is a cylinder with a broader section at the base. It is decorated entirely in red with a bal ck and orange design on the outer surfaces including the base. One of the lids is a cylinder and is decorated in the same pattern as the box and is entirely in red with a black and orange design on the outer surfaces including the top. There are two smaller lids that are red and decorated on the outer surfaces with black.
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