Spout, Sap
- Object Name:
- Spout, Sap
- Object ID:
- 1973.002.04
- Description:
- Spile or spout, wooden, for maple sap. Carved and sawn wood. Medium brown, light-weight wood. Created from long square piece. Front end has been carved down to a tapered point. Back portion has been sawn and perhaps split and probably chiseled to create trough. Trough approximately 11" long. Hole in front seems to be tapered and is not in same axis as trough. At very front hole is irregular shaped. Gray and black stains on surface of wood on sides and in trough. Very end of trough has been cut flat and has small chamfers on bottom and two vertical sides. At front of trough surface has been sawn and there is a slight concave vertical surface over hole. Overall finish is of raw, slightly-weathered wood.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-13.8 W-1 D-1 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Roger Sanborn
- Subjects:
- Maple sugar industry
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