Part of a carved wooden archway, made from teak wood. A wooden panel, roughly shaped like a right angled triangle with the right angle on the top right. It has a scalloped curve cut from the long edge, and a flat section to the right of this. It is intricately carved on both sides. On the front it is carved with a dragon surrounded by flowers and leaves. The back is carved with an interlocking flower and leaf design. The top edge is marked ‘LXXVI’ (this slots into part 17) the right side ‘LXXXI’ (this slots into part 15) and the flat bottom ‘LXXXIV’ (this slots into part 22).

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