sugob

{{Short description|Throwing spear used by Filipino natives}}

Sugob, also spelled sugub, is a type of javelin used in the pre-colonial Philippines. They are made from sharpened {{lang|ceb|bagakay}} (Schizostachyum lumampao) bamboo in which certain compartments were filled with sand to add weight for throwing. They sometimes had wooden tips laced with snake venom.{{cite book |author=William Henry Scott |url=https://archive.org/details/BarangaySixteenthCenturyPhilippineCultureAndSociety |title=Barangay. Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society |publisher=Ateneo de Manila University Press |year=1994 |isbn=9715501389 |page=}}{{cite book |last1=Alcina |first1=Francisco Ignacio |translator-last1=Kobak |translator-first1= Cantius J. |translator-last2= Gutiérrez|translator-first2=Lucio |title=History of the Bisayan people in the Philippine Islands (1668) Vol.1 : Evangelization and Culture at the Contact Period |date=2002 |publisher=UST Pub. House |location=Manila, Philippines |isbn=9789715061995 |page=158}}

Sugob are easy to manufacture and are meant to be disposable. They are often carried in large numbers by karakoa warships and thrown at enemy ships during naval warfare. In contrast to the metal-tipped sibat spears which are often finely-crafted and are only thrown as a last resort.