Context (Production / use)
It is used by the women to sieve bricks of fried and squeezed bitter cassava (manihot utilissima) in order to turn it into thick flour which will be cooked into large flat discs of bread, ulu. It can also be used to filter the fresh thick cassava beer the day before consumption in order to make it smoother. There are various patterns for the sieve; this is basic one, some can have more complex designs.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
Part of a group of objects, (2005.629-49), bought, bartered or received as a gift through the intermediary of the collectors' extended family. This item was made and given as a gift by the collectors' adoptive father as they were leaving the village.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A small manale (of wama hale, arouman, Ischnosiphon arouma).
Event Date 11/5/2014
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Manale or sieve made of wama hale or arouman (Ischnosiphon arouma), used to sieve bricks of fried and squeezed bitter cassava. Square, with four cane supports on each side; woven with a central diamond design.
Event Date 9/6/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe