[R egarding] a block that one painted with red paint and painted with saffron [dye] and planed: R’ Akiva rules [it] tamei, but the Sages rule [it] tahor until one carves it. [Regarding] a [woven] basket or a [reed] basket that one filled with straw or flocking: [If] one prepared them for sitting upon, they are tahor, [but if] one wove [the baskets] with reed-grass or cord, they are tamei.