Turkhana club ?

kronckew · 25th July 2015, 09:40 AM

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 · 25th July 2015, 05:39 PM

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 · 30th July 2015, 04:55 AM

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 · 5th August 2015, 08:08 PM

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.

25th July 2015, 09:40 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,150	Turkhana club ? 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. Attached Images

25th July 2015, 05:39 PM	#2
LJ Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 93	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

30th July 2015, 04:55 AM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	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 Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 30th July 2015 at 05:13 AM.

5th August 2015, 08:08 PM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,150	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.