FROM YOUR DESCRIPTION IT DOES SOUND LIKE A ZULU OR RELATED TRIBES SPEAR. THE SMOKE AND WORN HIDE MIGHT BE DONE OVER TIME OR DONE MORE RECENTLY ON PURPOSE. I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL FROM A PICTURE AND MAYBE NOT EVEN IF I HELD THE SPEAR. CONSIDERING WHERE YOU ARE IT IS MOST LIKELY ZULU, THE LONGER BLADES WERE SOMETHING INTRODUCED BY SHAKA FROM WHAT I HAVE READ. AS TO PRICE IT IS AGAINST FORUM POLICY TO DISCUSS PRICE SO I WOULD LOOK ON EBAY TO SEE WHAT IS THERE AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE COMPARITIVE PICTURES OF SPEARS AS WELL AS GET AN IDEA ON PRICES. GOOD LUCK
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