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Skinning Eels

In front of an old house, a woman holds an eel by the head while another woman removes the skin by pulling on it. Two young girls watch the women as they work, while three cats hover nearby. Black and white photograph.

Musée de Charlevoix, Palardy fonds, c. 1935

In this photograph, a mother or mother-in-law skins an eel with her daughter or daughter-in-law. The young girls watching the scene may have learned the technique, perhaps without even realizing it.