DISH, SERVING

Description: 1. TRAY. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. 2 PIECES. TRAY IS RECTANGULAR WITH ROUNDED CORNERS. TRAY HAS A GLOSSY BLACK FINISH, EXCEPT TOP EDGE WHICH IS PAINTED RED. THERE IS SOME CHIPPING OF THE RED PAINT. TRAY HAS A HANDLE WHICH SLIDES INTO SIDES OF TRAY. HANDLE IS ALSO BLACK LACQUERED. 2. BOWLS. 9.0 X 14.1. 2 IDENTICAL BOWLS, EACH HAVE A REMOVABLE LID. EXTERIOR OF BOWLS AND LIDS ARE ORANGEY-RED COLOR. LIDS ALSO EACH HAVE 2 FLORAL IMAGES ON THEM IN GOLD, GREEN AND YELLOW. CENTER OF EACH LID HAS A FAKE WOOD GRAIN CIRCLE WITH HANDLE IN THE CENTER. INTERIOR OF BOWLS AND LIDS ARE BLACK. LIDS ARE ROUNDED.

History: IN MAY 1948 THE ALBERTA CHAPTER OF THE JAPANESE CANADIAN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED. FROM 1991 TO 1998 HANAE IWAASA-ROBBS WAS PRESIDENT OF THE JCCA IN LETHBRIDGE. ARTIFACTS WERE ENTRUSTED TO HER BY THE LOCAL JAPANESE COMMUNITY AND SHE COLLECTED THEM IN AN OFFICE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A SERVING DISH AND A JEWELRY BOX DONATED BY THE NIKKEI CULTURAL SOCIETY. AS PART OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS, PUNDYK CONTACTED THE FORMER OPERATOR OF THE JAPANESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, HANAE IWASSA. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSONAL MEMORY OF THE ARTIFACTS BY THE LOCAL JAPANESE COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE ITEMS BEING DONATED TO THE JAPANESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION IS UNKNOWN.