LATE 19TH CENTURY AFRICAN MAASAI HERDER'S GROUP WITH SWORD, BOW, ARROW, SPEAR, CLUB, GOURD

Late 19th or early 20th Century African Maasai hunter's or herder's group, same owner, very rare, all handmade, with sword, club, bow and arrow, spear and gourd, including: Ol Alem herder's knife/short sword, leather wrapped handle, 10 1/2 inch blade, 15 1/2 inch overall length, with red dyed leather sheath, hand stitched, with "loop" for strap and metal coin-shaped piece stitched to tip, 10 1/2 inches long Club - 24 inches with 2-inch diameter head Bow - 37 1/2 inch Arrow with forged metal tip and hand-tied feathers at base of shaft - 23 1/4 inch  Spear with twisted cast iron and steel tip, hand carved wooden shaft, missing butt cap (metal end piece) - 30 inches with 15 1/2 inch foreshaft and tip Gourd - 7 1/2 inches long, suspended by 18-inch cord with alternating seeds and cane(?) beads  All of the items are held together by two straps. One is of original soft leather and the other is a later replacement that appears to be made out of a piece of rubber from an inner tube.