[6] The pump's signifying feature is the hardwood block that acts as a bearing and its lever mechanism.
[7][2] Besides this, the pump has an untraditional construction where the well base is bolted directly to the top of the well casing, sticking out of the bore hole.
Lifting tackles and other special equipment is used to install the component that are inserted into the bore hole.
They are responsible for minor functional maintenance, for instance oiling the pump and tightening bolts.
Even if seemingly essential parts of it mechanics is broken; it can serve functions not intended by any of its creators.
The pump is not only its physical appearance or its technical description, Laet and Mol argues: Laet and Mol argue that their way of analyzing the bush pump can be helpful when trying to understand a wide variety of objects and practices.
De Laet M, Mol A (2000) The Zimbabwe Bush Pump: Mechanics of a fluid technology.