After eating and finding adequate shelter the next most important priority for these animals is frolicking. They will play in the clearings and hide behind the bushes and trees so as to pass the time and keep each other company. Egg-tempera paint is the primary medium used to paint this composition. The palette is based in earth tones that convey the natural theme of this painting. The colors are simple, yet they are configured so the variations in the colors' placement give depth and vividness to the scene.
Gold paint is used to detail almost the entire scene.
The gold gives the composition an artificial light source that livens up the color. With a black background it is crucial that daytime is shown in another way. The box is constructed out of paper-mache made in the village of Kholuy. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. A floral gold scroll pattern frames the scene and is very thin and precise in its pattern.