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Fan-shaped basket and lid, made of bamboo. The base is of plaited bamboo, and the sides are formed of many very thin vertical rods of bamboo. The lid is decorated with very intricate fretwork, with two decorative semi-circular plaited panels in two tones with geometric patterns, and three central roundels.
possibly an insect cage. See notepad.
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