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A square homa fire pit with a wooden rim decorated with white star and crescent motifs. Flames rise from a cloth-wrapped offering in the centre, with smoke drifting upward. A brass vessel with a long handle sits on the rim behind the fire, and a figure in orange and gold cloth stands partly visible at the upper right. Only a seated lower leg in pale clothing is visible at the left edge, with no faces shown. Small oil lamps glow around the fire pit.

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