Maasai Laiyok seme

tom hyle · 7th May 2006, 12:33 AM

What makes you think yours wasn't redder pre-patination? I've seen pretty old looking ones with remains of red dye in the rawhide; sometimes very faint remains. The association of red with Massai is an old thing. Another matter is that Massai do not, AFAIK traditionally make there own weapons (not s'posed to work iron), so I'm given to wonder about the relation or even identity of Massai weapons with neighboring peoples' the spears are certainly similar, and the swords bear a close resemblance to Watutsi ones (and a vague resemblance, unsurprisingly, to many African swords).

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7th May 2006, 12:33 AM	#5
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	What makes you think yours wasn't redder pre-patination? I've seen pretty old looking ones with remains of red dye in the rawhide; sometimes very faint remains. The association of red with Massai is an old thing. Another matter is that Massai do not, AFAIK traditionally make there own weapons (not s'posed to work iron), so I'm given to wonder about the relation or even identity of Massai weapons with neighboring peoples' the spears are certainly similar, and the swords bear a close resemblance to Watutsi ones (and a vague resemblance, unsurprisingly, to many African swords).