box (containers); lid (containers)

Lidded rectangular box made from rattan and cardboard. The top of the lid is decorated in a chequed pattern of dark and light brown rattan, whilst the sides are decorated in vertical bands in similar colours. The inside of the box has two fixed pieces of thin tissue paper. The bottom of the box is stamped with the word Japan.

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