Iron knifes with wooden handles made by the Gidonwoduk tribe, the former Datoga blacksmith tribe. Today they are a separate tribe. They do not marry w

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Iron knifes with wooden handles made by the Gidonwoduk tribe, the former Datoga blacksmith tribe. Today they are a separate tribe. They do not marry with Datoga since they discovered the secrets of blacksmithing. Photographed in Lake Eyas, Tanzania.

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