Golok (knife)
Region
Philippines
Date1800s
Mediumsteel, wood and fiber
Dimensions57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.), 1 lb, 8 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.489
DescriptionSingle edge leaf-shaped blade with straight back that curves only slightly to reach a point. On both faces, near back edge, section of watered steel running full length. Hilt has wooden grip carved with geometric designs & lower half of grip covered with braided vegetable fiber. Hilt terminates in carved triangular pommel. One point of lower edge, closest to grip, is broken off.ProvenancePresented to the Museum on May 9, 1957 by Nathaniel McL. Sage, Jr. and William H. Sage, III, grandsons of General Sage. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
dated 1805-1806, blade probably 1700s
about 1700–1710