Yesterday, I got one of these for my house: I’d never seen or heard of such a thing until I came to Mali, but when I heard a colleague was selling hers, I jumped at the chance! Folk who have lived in this part of Africa may not answer (but let’s have some good educated guesses from everyone else!
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7 Comments posted on "Name the mystery object"
anne on December 10th, 2009 at 9:01 am #
lloks like a pantry, (old fashioned fridge)
Paul Morriss on December 10th, 2009 at 11:15 am #
It looks like a weather station, but I don’t suppose you’d have one of those indoors. Air conditioner?
Hilary on December 10th, 2009 at 12:57 pm #
At first I thought it was a fruit dryer, but since I have one here in Benin (not looking much like that, to be honest) I don’t think it can be. (And I can hardly say I *need* the fruit dryer!)
Reggie on December 10th, 2009 at 6:13 pm #
It’s a giant mosquito blaster. Or maybe an electronic beehive.
Stephen Plummer on December 11th, 2009 at 1:22 pm #
It’s a basic air conditioning unit. You open up a little door and shovel ice into a metal basket. The plug powers a fan at the rear of the machine that proceeds to blow cool air into the room…obvious!! 🙂
Charlie Rawlings on December 17th, 2009 at 7:04 pm #
I think it’s a mosquito trap
Rob on December 20th, 2009 at 4:50 pm #
Stephen was closest – it’s called a SWAMP COOLER. I’ll post something about how it works in the future! |