Hi Charles,
Spears of that type I am more familiar with from Madagascar. I have never seen something similar attributed to Zanzibar, but I have not nearly enough reference material to give a positive ID. Only that this style seems to be a pretty good match for other Madagascar spears.
Turning back to Richmond's piece, I think Martin may be onto something, I'd be very interested to read the description referred to in Vavra's work. Do you have a copy Martin? If you are away from your books at the moment I can check the library system where I am and try to find a copy and find the page in question.
All the best,
Iain
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