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Stripped flax fibre that has been laid out to dry and bleach is now ready for the final stage of preparation – Scutching. 

As part of Local History Week, members of the public and City Library staff visited Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom and the Flax Stripper Museum in Foxton.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive
Date
October 30, 2018
Digitisation ID
2018BD_2018-46_025376
Format
Born Digital
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IMCA Digital Archive

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Place
Foxton

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flax,
flax industry,
flaxmill,
foxton,
museum,
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