Ojibwe women making maple sugar at Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Reservation of Ojibwe, ca. 1920.

Sieve used to strain out impurities from maple syrup after it had been boiled down. Used no later than 1959. Forms part of the Jeannette O. and Harry D. Dyer Ojibwe Collection.

Spoon with burnt decoration on handle used for maple sugaring, ca. 1900–1950.

Photograph by Kenneth Melvin Wright, ca. 1930.

Ladle used as a maple sugaring skimmer by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, 1900–1930.

Miniature birchbark makak (storage container) filled with maple sugar, ca. late 1800s–early 1900s. Collected by Darwin S. Hall at the White Earth Reservation of Ojibwe.

Paddle used for working maple sugar by the Big Bear family (White Earth Band of Ojibwe) ca. 1800s.

Sap bucket formed from a single piece of birchbark folded together at the ends and sewn with basswood strips to form an oval dish. It was used for gathering sugar maple sap to be refined into syrup or sugar. From the Bois Forte Reservation, Minnesota, circa 1880.

Metal spigot used to direct maple sap from a tree. Used by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, 1920–1925.