Golok?

VANDOO · 21st April 2009, 06:17 PM

THE WORKMANSHIP IS MOST LIKELY LOMBOK BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN BALI AS THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD THERE AS FEW TOURISTS GO TO LOMBOK SO THEY SEND MOST STUFF THERE TO SELL. THIS IS THE USUAL NICELY CARVED HANDLE FOUND ON WEDONG FROM THAT AREA, BUT YOUR EXAMPLE DOES NOT HAVE A WEDONG BLADE IT LOOKS MORE LIKE THE TIP OF A DAYAK MANDAU. MANDAU ARE USUALLY FLAT ON ONE SIDE AND SOME ARE CONCAVE ON THE OTHER SIDE BUT MOST ARE NOT. A UNUSUAL ITEM PERHAPS INFLUENCED BY LOOKING AT A MANDAU OR MADE FROM A BROKEN BLADE.

THATS THE MOST I CAN SAY AS IT IS AN ATYPICAL FORM BUT NEAT LOOKING.

21st April 2009, 06:17 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE WORKMANSHIP IS MOST LIKELY LOMBOK BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN BALI AS THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD THERE AS FEW TOURISTS GO TO LOMBOK SO THEY SEND MOST STUFF THERE TO SELL. THIS IS THE USUAL NICELY CARVED HANDLE FOUND ON WEDONG FROM THAT AREA, BUT YOUR EXAMPLE DOES NOT HAVE A WEDONG BLADE IT LOOKS MORE LIKE THE TIP OF A DAYAK MANDAU. MANDAU ARE USUALLY FLAT ON ONE SIDE AND SOME ARE CONCAVE ON THE OTHER SIDE BUT MOST ARE NOT. A UNUSUAL ITEM PERHAPS INFLUENCED BY LOOKING AT A MANDAU OR MADE FROM A BROKEN BLADE. THATS THE MOST I CAN SAY AS IT IS AN ATYPICAL FORM BUT NEAT LOOKING.