Turkana Wood Bowl Kenya

Many Turkana families are now engaged in agriculture and fishing. While there are a quite few art-producing peoples of Kenyan origin who have contributed significantly to the recognition of East African art, the Turkana, along with their closely related neighbors the Maasai, are arguably among the most important of them all. In fact, much of the art from the Turkana region is composed of a wide variety of everyday objects out of wood, leather and gourd, but in their hands many of these utilitarian pieces have risen to levels of beauty unparalleled in East Africa.

Their styles are similar to these found among the other nomadic pastoralists of Uganda, central Africa and Ethiopia, particularly among the Karamajong, and Pokot. All these peoples share cultural traits with the Turkana.

Crack fixed with indigenous repair.