THE BREAK ON YOUR SPEAR LOOKS LIKE OLD DAMMAGE PERHAPS CAUSED IN BATTLE, IT SHOWS A LOT OF PATINA AND AGE AT THE BREAK. MOST SUCH SPEARS PUROSELY CUT FOR TRANSPORT BACK HOME ARE CLEAN CUT AND SHORTER AND CERTIANLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A SPLINTERED SECTION LEFT ON THE SPEAR IF IT WAS CUT FOR SHIPPING. SO IT IS LIKELY A BATTLE FIELD PICK UP SHIPPED HOME OR COLLECT5ED AS FOUND.
THESE SPEARS ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY AS TO ISLAND WITHOUT SPECIFIC GOOD PROVENANCE AS THERE ARE MANY SIMULARITYS ON MANY ISLAND GROUPS. THE EXAMPLE I HAVE IS AROUND 7 FOOT LONG AND IS 1.5 INCH IN DIAMETER JUST UNDER THE POINT AND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHAFT. MADE OF A HEAVY DARK WOOD. IT HAS NO FIBER CORD WRAP LIKE YOUR SPEAR AND IS NOT FROM FIJI BUT IS SIMULAR TO YOUR EXAMPLE. THE PICTURES FROM CLUNNIES BOOK DO APPEAR TO HAVE FIBER WRAP ON SOME EXAMPLES AND WOULD BE GOOD EXAMPLES WITH FIJI PROVENANCE SO YOUR EXAMPLE SEEMS TO FIT THE FIJI PROFILE. A NICE EXAMPLE WITH A GOOD COMPLETE POINT.
