Android autocarrot has helpfully sorted out my description of a particular tennis player "dominating her match" by helpfully converting that to "dominating her matcha"
and now I am pondering notions of a woman in a tennis dress and thigh boots speaking firmly to a cup of green tea.
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19thC rattan basket from the Dyak people of Kalimantan. Used to collect the baby's umbilical cord, the sound of the beads and shells rubbing against each other was believed to drive away evil spirits. The basket measures 23 x 18 x 19 cm and weighs 668g. Source : Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, Accession Number : 71.1897,14,13
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Jon Roach
Bead Society of Great Britain