bowl (containers)

Wooden bowl and lid, with ceramic and shell inlay. The bowl is large and round with a pedestal base, which has four holes in it. Around the top of the bowl are inlaid pieces of blue, white and red pottery with a floral design, and some green, white and red pieces. Below the pottery are inlaid pieces of shell. The lid is round and has a handle in the form of a monkey. Inlaid around the edge of the lid are pieces of shell and in the top are pieces of shell and pottery.

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