Game piece or toy, possibly a humming top, made of turned and lacquered wood , the red and black lac applied while it is on the lathe. The main body is spherical and hollow, with a square aperture in one side. There is a pointed protrusion from one end of the object. Label: one label affixed to the side of the object, handwritten. Appears to read 'Bhangi latton'.
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