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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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just won this against fierce competition, should be on it's way to me in short order from texas...(i was the only bidder
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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
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: OKLAHOMA, USA
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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 Last edited by VANDOO; 30th July 2015 at 05:13 AM. |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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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.
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