There are some cultures...

...in which the transition from boyhood to manhood involves the receipt of a Selective Service card (a.k.a. a Draft Card). There are still other cultures in which this transition requires a young lad to go out and kill a lion.

With one of these:
This is a spear from the Massai (or Masai) people of what is today Kenya and Tanzania. Actually, the lion thing is on the wane since lions have become protected, although Maasai lion hunts are not prosecuted because of damage to their herds.

This spear is a three-part affair; one iron bladed end (shown below) and one iron pointed end connected in the middle with a 8" section of wood.

I would not want to mix it up with someone skillfully wielding one of these.

The Maasai culture is worth learning about - they eke out an existence in a remarkably difficult environment and thier way of life is threatened on many fronts. I don't agree in principle on some of thier practices (e.g. female circumcision), but by all accounts they are warm and friendly people. I'd love to visit some of them in person some day...