Maple Sugar Mold
Name/Title
Maple Sugar MoldEntry/Object ID
L2024.3.76Description
Maple sugar mold carved from a single piece of wood. Three concave designs arranged vertically top to bottom: cross, heart, and quatrefoil.Use
For molding maple sugar into decorative cakesContext
These molds, usually found in Canada, were originally meant to mold cooling maple syrup into solid decorative chunks. They were an adaptation or evolution of the bark sugar cone. This one, crafted in maple, has a good Vermont Abenaki family provenance from the Demars Family of Highgate, Vermont, a family that has provided important Abenaki oral history used in the Missisquoi and Nulhegan state recognition petitions. The quatrefoil at the bottom of the mold is shaped similarly to the “Wabanaki quatrefoil” beaded design examples from 30 – 50 years before.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Abenaki Cultural ConservancyMade/Created
Date made
circa 1880Place
Town
HighgateCounty
Franklin CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Abenaki
Native American