Occupations, Activities, Tools & Objects Posted on 30/11/2014 by bobovese Occupations, Activities, Tools & Objects Policeman Policeman Traffic policeman on motorbike in Nsanje PMF (police military force) Musicians DJ Watchmaker Coffin maker Carpenter Tailor Tailor Tailoring Kuluka (knitting) Teaching Teaching how to cross the road Bank meeting Women meeting Dancing Kupemphera (praying) Preparing the maize for the mill Pounding maize Making flour in a mill Building a brick house Building a house Building a roof Cutting woods Mitengo (construction wood) Building a latrine Building a shower Cutting a tree Cutting a tree Using a machete to cut bananas Net fishing Net fishing Net fishing Sailing a canoe Sailing a canoe Sailing a canoe Sailing a canoe Selling fish Selling fish Selling goat meat Selling pork Selling donuts Street vendor Craftsman Selling clothes Buying fertilizer Painting ‘shop’ Making ridges Watering the coffee Cutting the grass Planting a tree Kugawula (ploughing) Carrying the baby Breast feeding Carrying a bucket As mother as son Carrying water Carrying sacks of maize Carrying woods & the child Carrying woods Carrying dried grass Carrying woods and vegetables Drying clothes Washing clothes in the river Washing dishes Bathing Bathing Water pumping Walking the goats Selecting pigeon peas Kukama ng’ombe (milking the cow) Picking mangos Drying flour Hunters Cooking Preparing dinner (cane rat) Cooking nsima Defeathering a chicken Repairing Sewing the sandal Pottery Dirty job Preparing the clay Moulding bricks Preparing the clay bricks to be burnt Mauvuni (ovens for bricks) Making clay bricks Njerwa (bricks) Prisoner work Tractor transportation Ox transportation Ox transportation Cow transportation Donkey transportation in Chikwawa The beast of burden Bike transportation Bicycle-taxi Bicycle taxis Bicycle Bike on the shore Wheelbarrow Ngolo (cart) Red Cross boats Motorboat Sailing boat Breakdown Mini-bus Bus to Blantyre Helikopitala (helicopter) / Ndege yopanda mapiko (plane without wings) Ndege (airplane) Wooden mask Traditional mask Traditional mask Wooden sculpture Ceremonial sceptres Tree basket protectors Tree nursery Chiwondo (indigenous cloth in Fudwe Museum, Likoma) Using’anga (traditional medicine in Blantyre museum) Using’anga (traditional medicine in Fudwe Museum, Likoma) Mankhwala azitsamba (African doctor charms) Chombo (local type of pipe in in Fudwe Museum, Likoma) Zipangizo za pa banja (domestic appliances in Blantyre Museum) Chipande for serving nsima Zikho (cups made from gourds) Masache (brooms) Lichero (winnowing basket) Nkhuni (Firewood) Nkhuni (firewood) Moto (fire) Mauvuni (cooking ovens) Mbaula (charcoal stove) Poto (pot) Mtsuko (clay pot) Mtondo (mortar) Frying pan Simbi (iron) Mpeni (knife) Chikwakwa (sickle) Macheka (hand saw) Chisongole (needle for making mats) Chingwe (string) Grinder Plane Macheka (saw) Nkhwangwa (axe) Pickaxe Nyundo & msomali (hammer and nail) Khasu & ngowe (hoe & rake) Khasu (hoe) Fosholo (shovel) Spirit level Trowel Chikombole (frame for making bricks) Mtengo (stick for picking fruits) Khoka (fishing net) Stones as fishing tools Pulawo (plough) Goli (yoke) Wooden chair Mpando (chair) Mng’oma (hive) Village bell Chimbudzi (toilet seat) Mjigo (Bore hole) Mjigo (basic borehole) Local bottle-opener African teeth Bag for mangos Local alarm clock Buku lopatulika (Holy Bible) Chipeso (comb) Chikopa (goat skin) Generator