Blacksmith

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Blacksmith 

Metal Worker | Forge | Iron Smelting

"Iron smelting and forging technologies may have existed in West Africa among the Nok culture of Nigeria as early as the sixth century B.C." [More]

Native blacksmith

Bari Smiths at work

Zulu at his forge

Un forgeron Bangongo

Isaac Granger [ also known as Isaac Jefferson]

Native blacksmith

Forgeron (Smith)

Smelting iron

A West African forge

Gilbert Hunt

Iron smelting in Madagascar—Maiagasy forge, and native smiths

Hauts fourneaux et forgerons

Iron Smelting

Goldsmith at work