Peter Emberley's hand flakes, Little Fogo Island

Hand or small "flakes" (platforms built on poles made for drying salt cod), near the shore with a stage, store and cabin in the background. A "flake" is a platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying cod-fish on the foreshore. (Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Onl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Power, Maureen
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Objects
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Work
Hand Flakes
Dried fish
Salted fish
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/599
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Summary:Hand or small "flakes" (platforms built on poles made for drying salt cod), near the shore with a stage, store and cabin in the background. A "flake" is a platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying cod-fish on the foreshore. (Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Online version)

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