A Hadza hunter wears strands of beads and a headband crafted from hollow reeds.Two Hadza hunters overlook their territory bordering Lake Eyasi.Traditional Hadza homesteads feature grass huts housing minimal possessions.Renowned for their ability to gather honey from hives high up in baobab trees, the Hadza scale the trees using wooden pegs. Impervious to the stings, they smoke the bees out of the tree to procure the much-desired honey.Children wait below to receive the honeycomb tossed down to them by the honey hunters, who also reserve a morsel for the honey guide bird who led him to the hive. According to Hadza custom, anyone who finds food must share it with the group.The sweet fruit of the Baobab is highly nutritious and can be eaten directly from its coconut-like husk or mixed with water into a porridge.A young girl collects the fruit of the baobab tree, one of the staples of the Hadza diet.The Hadza enjoy smoking marijuana in traditional pipes on the occasions when traders brings it to the camps.A Hadza husband and wife display affection publicly, a rarity among traditional African peoples. Hadza men and women are known for treating each other with tenderness and equal respect.The Hadza live in small grass huts and engage in cooperative child rearing.At a young age, boys are taught to use a bow and arrow and to shoot small birds.Hadza hunters often rest in baobab trees during periods of hunting or travel. They scale the trees to locate wild animals for hunting.Moving in small groups, the Hadza hunt about once or twice per week, only pursuing large game when the hunter has dreamed of the animal. At right, a Hadza man takes aim at a monkey concealed in the trees to feed his family.The Hadza fashion their own bows, arrows, and spears. When hunting, they apply a poison from the larvae of beetles to their arrows which can numb the nervous systems of animals as large as a giraffe.Two Hadza elders wearing a woven grass hat (at left) and a zebra tail headdress (at right). Both elders are wearing bead necklaces crafted from holllow reeds.
