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Description: ORANGE EXTERIOR, BLACK INTERIOR. HAND PAINTED PICTURE ON LID. (BIRD & TREE-GOLD, SILVER, BLACK, BROWN). LACQUERWARE IS CHIPPING & PEELING. LID HAS THE WORST DAMAGE. BOTTOM OF BOX IS CHIPPED IN CORNERS. JAPANESE SYMBOL COMPLETE WITH WRITING PAINTED ON BOTTOM (GOLD PAINT ON BLACK BOTTOM). "MADE IN JAPAN" STAMPED ON BOTTOM.

History: DONORS HUSBAND ONCE MANAGED THE BUDDHIST CHURCH AND THE CO-OP STORE IN RAYMOND. THE STORE ONCE FUNCTIONED TO RAISE BADLY NEEDED FUNDS FOR THE CHURCH AT ONE POINT, THESE LACQUERWARE GIFT BOXES WERE GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASED A BARREL OF "SHOYU" (P19790267000). MRS. FLO SENDA (YOSH) IS DONORS DAUGHTER. SEE ATTACHED FAMILY HISTORY P19790275000-GA. COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN INVITED THE DONOR’S DAUGHTER FLO SENDA TO THE GALT IN 2009 IN ORDER TO REVIEW EXISTING DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO HER MOTHER’S DONATION. HER COMMENTS WERE COMPILED BY MACLEAN AND SUBMITTED TO HER FOR VETTING IN ORDER TO ENSURE THEIR ACCURACY. ADDITIONALLY, SENDA’S BROTHER ROBERT (BOB) HIRONAKA REVIEWED THE COMMENTS. BOX BELIEVED BY DONOR’S DAUGHTER FLO SENDA IN 2009 TO HAVE BEEN USED TO SERVE FOOD. FOODSTUFFS SUCH AS SUSHI WOULD HAVE BEEN STORED IN THE BOX, WRAPPED IN CLOTH AND TAKEN OUT FOR PICNIC-TYPE FAMILY EVENTS.