Birchbark trough for maple sap

Birchbark trough for maple sap

Birchbark trough for maple sap

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Introduction

A trough for collecting maple sap made of a sheet of folded birchbark. Collected by F.W. Waugh c. 1890 at Sandfield, Algoma County, north shore of Georgian Bay, Lake Huron

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: 189u
Materials

birchbark, vegetable material (basswood?)

Techniques or Format

sheet of birchbark foled and tacked together at two sides with strips of vegetable material, possibly basswood

Motifs and Patterns

birchbark, strips of basswood (?)

Condition: good
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E203762
Collection Narratives and Histories

F.W. Waugh

GKS Reference Number: 1133
Approximate Place of Origin

45.5017, -73.5673

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