Box made from wood. The sides and bottom are joined to the end pieces by small wooden pegs inserted through drilled holes. The two longer sides have been decorated in an identical manner with incised lines highlighted with red ochre. A vertical line at the mid-point is intersected by five inverted 'V's, and on either side of that line are X-shaped incisions. There is no top with this box.This item is identified in the Smithsonian Institution's catalogue as a packing box.