Samburu/Maasai spear

[kronckew]

picked up this spear on e-pray, arrived wed. listed as: Tribal Spear - Prop - Theatre- Wall Display.

however i didn't think so. gambled a few pounds on it and won it.

in 'Age grading and ethnicity in the style of Loikop (Samburu) spears' by Roy Larick (1986) it corresponds to the turkana style favoured by some senior warriors.

head is 23cm. x 6cm. it is VERY sharp & pointy with a central reenforcing ridge to the point

upper steel section, inc. head is 86cm.

wood centre section is 28cm.

lower steel section is 106cm, which includes a 2.5cm square end section with a rounded 'point'

balance point is 7.5cm. down the wood haft from the front section.

total length is 2.2 metres.


Samburu warrior with spear almost exactly like mine, followed by photos of my new one. it's leaning in a corner next to my maasai lion spear which is a tad ('bout a foot) shorter.nmote the little hair skirt just below the socket of the lower section, appears to be a 2.5cm. bit of cow tail skin, it's not sewn.