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VANDOO · 6th February 2014, 05:44 PM

YES A BOGUS POST CARD WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT , EVERYTHING THAT IS WRITTEN IS TRUE ISN'T IT.

I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED UP ON WHERE THE OTHER TOWN WAS I AM GLAD SOMEONE ELSE DID. GETTIN LAZY IN MY OLD AGE

I WOULD SAY THIS SPEAR WAS MADE UP BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE MASSAI. THE MASSAI HAVE CHOSEN TO MAINTAIN THEIR SOCIETY IN THE OLD AND TRADITIONAL WAYS. THEIR SPEARS AND SWORDS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A CERTIAN WAY AND FROM WHAT I SAW IN TANZANIA AND KENYA HAVE REMAINED TRUE TO FORM. THIS SPEAR WAS LIKELY PUT TOGETHER BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN A TRADITIONAL MASSAI. THE QUESTION IS WHICH TRIBE AND WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED THAT COVER THE SPEAR SHAFT WITH SECTIONS OF HIDE INTERSPACED WITH LEATHER WORK AS WE SEE ON THESE TWO EXAMPLES? I SUSPECT THE BLADE AND BUTT SPIKE ARE OLDER THAN THE SHAFT ON THE FIRST SPEAR.
MY SPEAR IS 57.5 INCHES LONG AND IS MISSING THE BUTT SPIKE. IT COULD BE USED AS A SHORT THRUSTING AND SLASHING WEAPON BUT IS MOST LIKELY FOR CEREMONIE, PARADES, DANCE OR JUST A TOURIST ITEM.

THE SPEAR POINT ON MINE IS NOT OF GOOD QUALITY LIKE THE ONE SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS POST AND IS LIKELY MADE OF A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL FROM A CAR OR OIL DRUM OR SOMETHING. THE SHAFT DOES SHOW WEAR AND MOST OF THE HAIR IS GONE FROM THE HIDE COVER SO IT MAY HAVE SEEN SOME LOCAL USE?.

6th February 2014, 05:44 PM	#12
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	YES A BOGUS POST CARD WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT , EVERYTHING THAT IS WRITTEN IS TRUE ISN'T IT. I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED UP ON WHERE THE OTHER TOWN WAS I AM GLAD SOMEONE ELSE DID. GETTIN LAZY IN MY OLD AGE I WOULD SAY THIS SPEAR WAS MADE UP BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE MASSAI. THE MASSAI HAVE CHOSEN TO MAINTAIN THEIR SOCIETY IN THE OLD AND TRADITIONAL WAYS. THEIR SPEARS AND SWORDS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A CERTIAN WAY AND FROM WHAT I SAW IN TANZANIA AND KENYA HAVE REMAINED TRUE TO FORM. THIS SPEAR WAS LIKELY PUT TOGETHER BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN A TRADITIONAL MASSAI. THE QUESTION IS WHICH TRIBE AND WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED THAT COVER THE SPEAR SHAFT WITH SECTIONS OF HIDE INTERSPACED WITH LEATHER WORK AS WE SEE ON THESE TWO EXAMPLES? I SUSPECT THE BLADE AND BUTT SPIKE ARE OLDER THAN THE SHAFT ON THE FIRST SPEAR. MY SPEAR IS 57.5 INCHES LONG AND IS MISSING THE BUTT SPIKE. IT COULD BE USED AS A SHORT THRUSTING AND SLASHING WEAPON BUT IS MOST LIKELY FOR CEREMONIE, PARADES, DANCE OR JUST A TOURIST ITEM. THE SPEAR POINT ON MINE IS NOT OF GOOD QUALITY LIKE THE ONE SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS POST AND IS LIKELY MADE OF A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL FROM A CAR OR OIL DRUM OR SOMETHING. THE SHAFT DOES SHOW WEAR AND MOST OF THE HAIR IS GONE FROM THE HIDE COVER SO IT MAY HAVE SEEN SOME LOCAL USE?.