Iron Age forge in Mafuga Forest. A forge used by forestry workers to harden the tips of rock drills whilst clearing a track to Mafuga Forest nursery. A related caption explains: "A charcoal fire... was fanned by two... clay pipes and bellows made of a goat-skin... The white hot tips of the drills were hammered to a chisel edge, reheated and tempered in a battered debbi of water". Kigezi, South West Uganda, September 1963., West (Uganda), Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa.
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Iron Age forge in Mafuga Forest. A forge used by forestry workers to harden the tips of rock drills whilst clearing a track to Mafuga Forest nursery. A related caption explains: "A charcoal fire... was fanned by two... clay pipes and bellows made of a goat-skin... The white hot tips of the drills were hammered to a chisel edge, reheated and tempered in a battered debbi of water". Kigezi, South West Uganda, September 1963., West (Uganda), Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa.

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Feu Outil Perceuse Forêt Piste Construire Construction en cours Travail Main d'œuvre Artisanat Main d'œuvre Agriculture Exploitation des sols Exploitation des forêts et abattage Agriculture Exploitation des sols Protection Commerce et Industrie Construction et ingénierie Commerce et Industrie Energie et charge Courant Electricité Travail Main d'œuvre Agricole et rural Ouganda (Ouest) Ouganda Afrique de l'Est

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