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Hexagonal Box with Design of a Chickadee and Pomegranates

c. 2001
Keiko Mori (Japanese, born 1939)
Mori Keiko’s decoration—a chickadee and pomegranates—refers to the traditional Japanese flower and bird (kachō) motif. Pomegranates symbolize good harvest and fertility because they contain many seeds.

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