Jar of maple sugar in birchbark cones perhaps prepared by unidentified Indigenous peoples from today Canada

Made:
1870 in North America
maker:
Unknown

Jar of maple sugar in birch-bark perhaps prepared by unidentified Indigenous peoples from today Canada, dated 1870

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A675087
Materials:
jar, glass and cap, paper
Measurements:
overall: 225 mm 67 mm,
type:
jars

Parts

Jar of maple sugar in birchbark perhaps prepared by unidentified Indigenous peoples from today Canada

Jar of maple sugar in birchbark perhaps prepared by unidentified Indigenous peoples from today Canada

Jar of maple sugar in birch-bark perhaps prepared by unidentified Indigenous peoples from today Canada, dated 1870

Measurements:
overall: 225 mm 67 mm,
Materials:
glass and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A675087/1
type:
jars
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
String from paper lid to secure contents

String from specimen jar

String from paper lid to secure contents

Measurements:
overall (length): 370 mm
Materials:
string
Object Number:
A675087/2
type:
string

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