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A square homa fire pit with yellow-painted brick walls decorated with white dotted patterns, filled with sand and burning wood. Several whole green coconuts or similar fruit sit in the flames, with a metal ladle being held by a hand at the right edge, and a brass bowl of ghee sits in the foreground. Striped red, green, yellow and purple textile covers the floor behind. The hand wears a dark bracelet. No people are fully visible.

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