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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 8339141, member: 45"]As suspected, it was made for the tourist trade. </p><p><br /></p><p>The ones actually used by the tribe were commonly 3-4 feet long, and almost all are now in museum collections, or owned by early collectors who were lucky enough to acquire them when the Maasai were selling off their real ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 8339141, member: 45"]As suspected, it was made for the tourist trade. The ones actually used by the tribe were commonly 3-4 feet long, and almost all are now in museum collections, or owned by early collectors who were lucky enough to acquire them when the Maasai were selling off their real ones.[/QUOTE]
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