This was a gift to me by the HKG office after joining them back in 2005.
So, yes, this item is 25-years old.
But what is it?
It's a modern-traditional fortune teller.
Modern, because it's made by Shanghai Tang.
Traditional, because it's fashioned after a traditional Chinese way of telling fortune. You shake the container, open it, and get a stick. The stick has a number, and you find that number in the fortune telling book.
Tried it just for kicks and got the number 4. And here's my fortune:
I'm really feeling fortunate to have found this. I'll be randomly telling my fortune from here on in.
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