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			Found in a West Virginia coal mine 30 years ago. 13.5" long. The head looks Kalinga to me, but your guess is as good as mine as to what this is. I have never seen anything like it. 
		
		
		
			Some kind of spear head. Comments sought.  | 
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			Very nice.  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 
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			Hi Bill there is a picture at page115 in the book 
		
		
		
			it s from Luzon Die PHILIPPINEN Perle im östlichen Meer Verlag Karl M. Lipp German book very hard to get  | 
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 Ben, You found it! What more does the book say about it? Regards, Bill  | 
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			Hi Bill,  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	very nice piece ....and a very strange place for it to be found   I also noticed you've changed your Avatar.....is that what you look like..after you've removed your 'previous' helmet   ......      
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 It could be a family urban legend. Maybe her father was joking, but he was a coal miner in West Virginia. From the avatar you can now see why I was wearing sunglasses with the helmet! ![]() It is actually the ball part of the leg / hip joint. Tibetan monk, possibly Nepalese. I showed it to my chiropracter, who confirmed that it was from a human being.  | 
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			Hi Bill the book says  Nordluzon  Ifagao the one in the book has brass inlay eyes 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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 Hmm, Mine does not, otherwise it sure looks the same. How old is the book / picture / piece?  | 
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			Hi From 1985 an art off cataloque 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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 Hi Ben, This does not indicate great age. Does the book consider this piece to be made in 1985 or earlier? My continuiing thanks, Bill  | 
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			The piece in the books is from    1900 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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