Context (Production / use)
Card reads in another hand: 'Made from palm leaves, used to make coconut juice from shredded or grated coconut. Found in all Swahili kitchens. Used in daily preparations of most dishes (see #57) used by women- made in most towns by men and women.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cacatlogue card for 1981.68.1-2 reads: 'Two sieves used to make coconut milk, kifumbu.' Added in a different hand: 'Made from palm leaves, used to make coconut juice from shredded or grated coconut. Found in all Swahili kitchens. Used in daily preparations of most dishes (see #57) used by women- made in most towns by men and women'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
(bio) (female collector/donor): Linda Donley.

Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (Physical description)
Kifumbu, coconut strainer. Long cylindrical sieve made from woven palm leaves, closed at one end with a plaited loop, open at the other end. At the closed end are multiple coconut hairs entwined in the sieve from use. One band of decoration below the rim. Used by women to make coconut juice from shredded or grated coconut and preparation of most dishes. Made by men and women.
Event Date 23/3/2022
Author: Louise Puckett