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Once the flax is stripped, the fibre is sticky to touch. It is washed to remove loose material and then laid out in the sun to dry and bleach.

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_025375
Format
Born Digital
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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flax,
flax industry,
flaxmill,
foxton,
museum,
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