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Yes, in terms of quality it merely needs to be durable to survive, or
even if it is not, the family just needs to take care of it.

A friend has a keeping box that has been in his family for more than
a century. It is quite crude, but it is also a family heirloom.



Many people are mistaking the definition of heirloom as something that
possessed quality or beauty, which it may or may not be.