YES IT LOOKS LIKE THE ANSWER IS SIERRA LEONE. MY SPEAR SHAFT IS LIKE YOURS AND THE STEEL POINT IS CRUDELY MADE ON MINE IT WOULD MAKE A BETTER WALL HANGER OR DANCE SPEAR THAN ONE FOR WAR OR HUNTING. I COULD FIND NO PICTURES OF SUCH A SPEAR LOOKING THRU PHOTOS BUT DID FIND THAT MASAI WERE PRESENT IN SIERRA LEONE THOUGH NOT IN LARGE NUMBERS. THE PRIMARY TRIBES BEING THE TEMNE AND MENDE I KNOW LITTLE OF THESE TRIBES SO PERHAPS THE LEATHER WORK AND USE OF HIDES TO COVER SPEAR SHAFTS IS PREVELENT AMONG THESE TRIBES.?
THE POINT ON YOUR SPEAR MAY NOT BE SO BAD HAS IT BEEN SHARPENED IF SO IT MAY HAVE SEEN USE. IF SO IT MAY BE THE GUINUINE NATIVE MADE OLD IRON MASSAI POINT OLD LOCAL MADE ONES WERE OFTEN IRON AND WILL BEND AND STRAIGHTEN. THE BUTT SPIKE IS GOOD QUALITY AND YOU MAY GET AN I.D. ON IT. IT APPEARS TO BE A COMPOSITE WITH VARYING QUALITY TO ITS PARTS.
THIS OLD 1909 POSTCARD IS ALL I HAVE FOUND TO PLACE THE MASAI IN SIERRA LEONE HOW ACCURATE IT IS I HAVE NO IDEA AS I THOUGHT THEY WERE MAINLY IN KENYA AND TANZINEA.
