Circular turned wooden chess board with a red and black painted board in the centre surrounded by yellow floral motifs on a black background and a red rim. On the base are concentric bands in red and yellow with a black centre and three circular wooden protrusions. The thick rim is brown with four carved lines in pairs.
chess board
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areca nut pestle; areca nut mortar; lime spatula (narcotics & intoxicants: chewing)
object | 27.5.49/3

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cloth (function unknown); textile (function unknown)
object | 19.5.65/66

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quern model (grinder model (food processing & storage))
object | 25.98.2

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altar spills (spills (ritual & belief: religious buildings & furnishings))
object | nn3816.57
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