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Moonj is grass.

Hands coil moonj grass into the rim of a basket. The card titles the material Moonj grass and names it Tharu craft. — Tharu hands, coiling the rim.

In the Terai, Tharu hands coil it into the rim. A house uses what they make.

A moonj basket with a tall handle. The card names the Tharu, the Terai in Bihar, and moonj grass, and lists baskets, containers, and mats. — The card names the Tharu, the Terai, and moonj grass.

Baskets, containers, mats, and the other things a household picks up.

Moonj baskets, a lidded box, and a patterned round mat, with loose moonj grass in the frame. — A basket, a box, a mat, and the grass still in the frame.

A basket. A box. A mat. The grass is still in the frame.

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