African Hunting Spear?

[Aragorn243]

Picked this up at our Friday flea market this morning. Hoping I did OK and it's legit. Thinking it's some type of Masai hunting spear but my knowledge on these is minimal. Hoping the experts can help me out. I know browningautorifle collects them. There is an antique dealer there that had the rear portion of one a while back but I saw no point in getting a third of a spear. This was just in the yard sale stuff. I didn't get it cheap but I think it was reasonable.

It's 60 1/4 inches in length. I did not take it apart as it fits tight but was told it does come apart.

[browningautorifle]

Nice piece, yes they do come apart. Just anchor the end and give a slight cranking circle with the other end and one part will separate. I THINK this one is Maasai from Kenya. I have a very similar one...and it came from Mombasa Kenya, supposedly Maasai. Here's my little one. The markings at the back half of yours supposedly speak of the village that made it.

[Aragorn243]

Thanks for confirming it's a good piece. I figured it was but just wanted to be sure. Next question. There is a very light coating of orange rust here and there, mainly on the broadhead. Any issues with cleaning this off? I hate rust on things. I did get the back piece off but the front is still tight.

[browningautorifle]

orange rust

I cleaned one here that was just scaley with rust, looks good now. I left another with a bit of dark shade but the rust had to go. These things are a special niche and not many even care about them, just us. It'll color up again with time so clean it up. Here's the one I had to derust... Looks much better than it did.

[Aragorn243]

I figure they wouldn't leave rust on them. I'll work on it this afternoon. I have the first Saturday of the month yard sale flea market at the one antique place to hit this morning. Only three people showed up to it last month but it was threatening to rain. Hopefully people will come today. I posted it and the other spear point I have on a Facebook group I found last night. Had to go through an approval process which it passed four hours ago. So far a few likes but no information. It does not look like a very large group. Tribal African Weapons if you're interested.

[browningautorifle]

Tribal African Weapons if you're interested.

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