Barking pot, Greene's Point, Tilting

A barking kettle or pot, used to boil down the bark from evergreen trees. This created a solution that acted as a preservative for fishing nets and lines, hence the phrase "barking the twine."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pocius, Gerald L.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 1989
Subjects:
Objects
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Work
Barking kettles
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/841
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_cn/841 2023-12-31T10:13:45+01:00 Barking pot, Greene's Point, Tilting Pocius, Gerald L. Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Tilting Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Tilting 1989-08 image/jpeg 2.7 MB http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/841 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Central Newfoundland ICHFP00510 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/841 Memorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection 2007-225 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Objects Knowledge of the land/water and environment Work Barking kettles Still Image Photograph 1989 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z A barking kettle or pot, used to boil down the bark from evergreen trees. This created a solution that acted as a preservative for fishing nets and lines, hence the phrase "barking the twine." Still Image Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic Objects
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Work
Barking kettles
spellingShingle Objects
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Work
Barking kettles
Pocius, Gerald L.
Barking pot, Greene's Point, Tilting
topic_facet Objects
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Work
Barking kettles
description A barking kettle or pot, used to boil down the bark from evergreen trees. This created a solution that acted as a preservative for fishing nets and lines, hence the phrase "barking the twine."
format Still Image
author Pocius, Gerald L.
author_facet Pocius, Gerald L.
author_sort Pocius, Gerald L.
title Barking pot, Greene's Point, Tilting
title_short Barking pot, Greene's Point, Tilting
title_full Barking pot, Greene's Point, Tilting
title_fullStr Barking pot, Greene's Point, Tilting
title_full_unstemmed Barking pot, Greene's Point, Tilting
title_sort barking pot, greene's point, tilting
publishDate 1989
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/841
op_coverage Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Tilting
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Tilting
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Memorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection 2007-225
Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory
op_relation Intangible Cultural Heritage - Central Newfoundland
ICHFP00510
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/841
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