Turkhana club ?

[kronckew]

just won this against fierce competition, should be on it's way to me in short order from texas...(i was the only bidder :)). was billed as an "African Turkana War Club Weapon". looks fairly generic & could be from otherwhere?

no dimensions given, i hope the rulers in th photo are english units not metric ;) far end of club not shown, visible portion looks like about 28 whatevers scaled from the ruler photos. not the best photos. but looks like a rib feature on the 4th one of them.

thanks for any comments.

[LJ]

I've seen a similar club with the origin identified as Ingessana, but I wouldn't be surprised if this one was Turkana. The Pitt Rivers Museum has a very good website of images of things from Southern Sudan, which should have some pictures of similar clubs

[VANDOO]

I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE FLAT AFRICAN THROWING CLUBS. I HAVE BID ON A FEW I LIKED, BUT NEVER WON ONE. AS I CAN MAKE NO DIRECT OBSERVATION OF SUCH A CLUB I WILL ADD SOME PICTURES AND INFORMATION I HAVE ON SIMILAR AFRICAN CLUBS FOR COMPARISON.
#1. & #2. TURKANA CLUB KENYA, 17 INCHES LONG
#3. & #4. TURKANA, CLUB KENYA , 4 FOOT LONG
#5. LOBI DANCE CLUB, AFRICA
#6. 24. AND ONE QUARTER INCH, SUDAN THROWING CLUB
#7. SUDAN THROWING CLUB, 762 X 422 MM. LIKELY SHILLUK TRIBE, SUDAN

[kronckew]

club arrived, decent patina, a few small cracks near the pommel end. just over a metre long, 310 grams. transitions from round haft to a squashed hexagonal x-section befor flattening out to the flared end.flat edges on the flaired areas. bit long for throwing. nice head basher.