item details
NameQumbo Hool
ProductionUnknown; manufacturer(s); circa 2009; Somalia
Classificationscrapers
Materialswood, metal
DimensionsOverall: 217mm (width), 641mm (length), 45mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH024247
Credit lineGift of Mohamed Abdulaziz Mohamed, 2014
Overview
This traditional Somali tool is used to scrape the flesh of a coconut from its shell. It is made of two wooden parts that fit together and it has a sharp serrated metal nib on one end.
Mohamed Abdulaziz Mohamid donated this tool to Te Papa in 2013. He was a refugee from Somalia who came to live in New Zealand in 1997. This tool and other traditional Somali items were purchased in 2009, when he returned to Somalia, as reminders of his cultural heritage and everyday life in Somalia.