Lidded bamboo basket of an ovoid shape in section with two compartments, wooden bases and an overhead handle. Each comparment has fine strips like match-stick curtains fitted with bamboo bands. The lid is of twilled woven bamboo strips fitted with bamboo bands. The handle has a repair of bound leather and glued with cotton on the underside.
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