A carved, wooden pipe stopper. The bottom of the stopper is in the shape of a cone, that leads to a cuboid which has four protruding pillars that lead to a larger cuboid with a rounded front, on top of which is the carving of an animal. Around the top and base of the shapes, are borders of carved triangular patterns.
label: yellow with black type
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