Sunday, September 20, 2009


Annie, Zena and Lindsay watching the sun set over the Rift Valley escarpment after a day-long hike across the Yaeda valley. This picture was taken at our second camp, which also had a nice big rock to hang out on (as seen here), but with an even more incredible view.


Arturs hiking across the very hot and dry Yaeda valley floor. This picture was taken moments before a herd of twelve Impala ran across our path (I was too slow to get a good picture).

Moschi, one of the Hadzabe's best hunters, making arrowheads from steel nails by cold-hammering.


Lamik ascends a Baobab tree in search of honey, Hazda-style, by hammering in wooden pegs. These tree-ladders are remade each time because the pegs rot rather quickly.



Making arrows with Moschi (left) and another Hadza at our first camp. Five Hadza men can make about 30 arrows in a two-hour sitting. Some arrows have sharpened wood points to use on small game and birds, while other arrows have a variety of shaped metal tips for larger game. Some arrowheads are covered with a poison made from a tree, which are used to hunt big game, such as Eland, and Giraffe.



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