Massai/african wooden lance or oceanian ?

[drac2k]

Great piece whatever it is ;maybe a dance spear used it ritual ceremonies. I like the carving, the patination and everything else about it! What are the dimensions??

[Marius66]

Hello , thank a lot everybody for the reply !
Looks a mix between a Solomon club
and a iron Congolese mariage-trade money ??

It is 65,8 inches/167 cm long

Ceremonial item more than an original paddle
I wonder if we could use it as a
war club ?

Kind regards

[milandro]

I too doubt this is a spear, ritual or otherwise.

This looks like a canoe paddle. Where it was made is a very difficult to say, I have seen some similar design which were Brazilian but also from Kalimantan so the range of possibilities is very wide, but , in my view, absolutely not a spear

[drac2k]

Has the tip been reshaped? The only reason why I question the paddle theory is because of the narrowness of the majority of the portion that would be in the water; not viable for the maximum push of your paddle. Also, the length of the paddle seems excessive as well as the girth of the shaft; while I've seen paddles that long, usually the shafts are tapered and narrower, to cut down on the weight. The point at the end of the oar doesn't quite make sense to me either.

[Tim Simmons]

I also think the tip may have been altered to look like a spear.

https://www-ft-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk...c-0b7776d8a026

[Marius66]

Yes maybe a broken-reshaped ceremonial paddle,

Here a Dayak-kalimantan borneo model from Mandarin Mansion,

As Milandro suggested, thank you !

The ''Basics'' carvings look like.

[Marius66]

Here the pictures

[Peter B.]

I would also say definitely not Maasai. Neither form nor ornament suit Maasai.