Sap Bucket

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About this item

In New England Indigenous peoples were the first to gather maple sap to make syrup and sugar and they shared their knowledge with the area’s European settlers. In the early spring, a cut was made in the tree and a bucket was hung under it to collect the dripping sap.  Then it was boiled down to make syrup and sugar.  Today, plastic bags replacing sap buckets or tubing that runs from tree to tree are used to collect sap.

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Details

Item typeAgricultural
Tools & Equipment
Container
TopicAgriculture, Farming
Food, Cooking, Beverage, Alcohol
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
Revolutionary America, 1763–1783
The New Nation, 1784–1815
National Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–1877
MaterialWood; Metal
Process/FormatWoodworking
Dimension detailsDiameter: 11.50 in Height: 11.50 in
Catalog #1914.16.05
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Sap Bucket. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1914-16-05/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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