Mahdist war mace -65,2 x 7,6 cm
A 19TH CENTURY NORTH AFRICAN OR MAHDIST MACE OR BATON OF RANK, 65cm over all length with flanged mace form head with brass inlays, dual spike finial, the octagonal haft with brass inlays and spear form terminal.
Beside the Alam this shorter ones might have been used as a sceptre or command baton for giving orders and as a symbol of authority by the commanders.
Lit.: Anthony C. Tirri: Islamic and native weapons of colonial Africa; pg. 41, fig. 1-27
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3 Bari clubs
![Dinka club 87 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Dinka club - 87 cm
![Dinka prestige staff 74 2 cm](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Dinka prestige staff - 74,2 cm
![1810 1809 1811 Schilluk min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Schilluk
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Shilluk club - 69 x 12 cm
![Ingessana throwing stick 74cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Ingessana throwing stick - 74cm
![Ingessana throwing stick before 1923 78 5 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Ingessana throwing stick before 1923 - 78,5 cm
![Ingessana 68 cm gr](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Ingessana - 68 cm
![Ingessana 75 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Ingessana - 75 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Nuba stick - 107,5 cm
![Darfur throwing stick 66 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Darfur throwing stick - 66 cm
![Dinka fighting stick 95 cm](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Dinka fighting stick - 95 cm
![South Sudan fighting stick 96 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
South Sudan fighting stick - 96 cm
![Turkana fighting stick 108 5 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Turkana fighting stick 108,5 cm
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Turkana fighting stick - 81 cm
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Turkana fighting stick - 99,5 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Turkana fighting stick - 100,5 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Nilotic dance sticks - 76,5 and 73 cm
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Turkana Acholi club axe dagger
![Boni staff 86 2 cm kl min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Boni staff - 86,2 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Somali 4 prongs club - 50 x 9 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Somali club - 47,8 x 8,2 cm
![Dinka club with blade 58 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Somali club with blade - 58 cm
![Nilotic club staff 70 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Nilotic club staff - 70 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kerewe walking staff - 140 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Wahehe staff before 1910 - 144 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Wahehe staff before 1910 - 136,6 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Hehe walking staff - 146,5 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Wahehe staff before 1910 - 113,8 cm
![Nilotic fighting stick 103 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Nilotic fighting stick - 103 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Mahdist battle standard "ALAM" - 40,5 x 16,4 cm
![Alam 152 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Mahdist Alam - 152 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Mahdist war mace -65,2 x 7,6 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Mahdist staff - Sudan - 45,5 cm
![Sudan club Dafur 66 5 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Sudan club Dafur - 66,5 cm
![Amarro prestige whip kl min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Amarro prestige whip
![staff 56 2 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
staff - 56,2 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Ganda barkcloth beater - 34 x 11 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Ethiopian Coptic procession cross - 44 x 32 cm , possibly from Aksum
![Borana South Ethiopia milk beater 46 5 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Borana South Ethiopia milk beater - 46,5 cm
![Jimma club 65 5 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Jimma club - 65,5 cm
![Jinka club 59 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Jinka club - 59 cm
![Massai or neighbours 52 5 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Massai or neighbours - 52,5 cm
![Nilotic club 58 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Nilotic club - 58 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kamba stone ball club - 63 cm
![Luo club 64 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Hehe, Wagogo, Sukuma, Nyamwezi - 64 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Nyamwezi little prestige club - 34,6 x 4,1 cm
![Lotuko prestige club 37 flute 31 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Lotuko prestige club 37 + flute 31 cm
![Lotuko prestige club 37 cm g min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Lotuko prestige club - 37 cm
![Lotuko prestige staff 61 6 cm gr kl min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Lotuko prestige staff - 61,6 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Toposa stick - 101,5 cm
![wooden Egypt Sudan mace detail gg min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
wooden Egypt Sudan mace detail
![3 Nyamwezi clubs min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
3 Nyamwezi clubs
![staff final min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
staff final
![3 Tanzania clubs 51 66 51 2 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
3 Tanzania clubs - 51 + 66 + 51,2 cm
![2 unknown stick club 100 5 62 cm Kopie min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Nyamwezi - 100,5 and Jimma - 62 cm
![club 51 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kusu or Tetela - 51 cm
![club 2 66 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kusu or Tetela - 66 cm
![Tanzania club 51 2 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Tanzania club 51,2 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
6 Tutsi herder staffs
![Kaguru group min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kaguru group
![Kaguru group heads min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kaguru group heads
![Kaguru 48 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kaguru - 48 cm
![Kaguru 61 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kaguru - 61 cm
![Kaguru 58 5 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kaguru - 58,5 cm
![Kaguru 48 7 cm min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Kaguru - 48,7 cm
![Gogo knobkerrie 56 cm g](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Gogo knobkerrie 56 cm g
![Gogo club with face 64 4 cm](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Gogo club with face 64 4 cm
![Makonde dance staff simbo Tanzania Mozambik gr min](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Makonde dance staff simbo Tanzania Mozambik 53 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Makonde scepter - 53 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)
Shona complete wire club - 73,3 x 4,6 cm
![](https://african-weapons.com/components/com_bagallery/assets/images/default-lazy-load.webp)