Frontier cuirass c. 1720 believed Pueblo Indian in Spanish Style

[Jim McDougall]

I need help with this from those of you specializing in Filipino armor, as there are proponents who claim this is from the Philippines. These individuals offer no examples or proof, and as far as I have found, Filipino armor forms are from pre-Spanish contact Muslim coats of mail (I cannot recall term).

The Filipino examples I have seen are of mail connecting plates of bone or leather in panels much like brigandine.

This frontier example is interestingly of CUIR BOULLI which is boiled rawhide which is molded into shape, dried and hardened.
This is contrary to the typical cuera (leather jackets) of the Spanish frontiers which were long jackets made of multi layered hides, obviously for protection from arrows.

I would really appreciate help on this and to know if there are any examples or evidence of Filipino use of cuir bouilli or this type of design in body armor.