Bertha Decker's Homemade Soap
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Asset name:

Bertha Decker's Homemade Soap

Description:

Bertha Decker’s Homemade Soap, crafted in St. Anthony, Newfoundland, follows a traditional process using natural ingredients. She utilizes seal fat, collected in the spring, which is rendered and combined with salt. This method reflects Newfoundland’s resourcefulness and heritage.

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Natural Heritage
Cultural Industry
Cultural Occupation

Great Northern Peninsula culture

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St. Anthony

Source

SABRI Oral History Project, 2009 (St. Anthony)