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14th December 2006, 12:13 AM
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Kalinga ceremonial spear head or what?
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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14th December 2006, 08:52 AM
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Very nice.
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14th December 2006, 09:34 AM
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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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14th December 2006, 10:45 AM
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Ben, You found it! What more does the book say about it? Regards, Bill |
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14th December 2006, 12:32 PM
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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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14th December 2006, 12:59 PM
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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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14th December 2006, 02:04 PM
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Hi Bill the book says Nordluzon Ifagao the one in the book has brass inlay eyes
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14th December 2006, 02:09 PM
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14th December 2006, 04:43 PM
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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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14th December 2006, 09:22 PM
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Hi From 1985 an art off cataloque
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14th December 2006, 09:45 PM
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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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15th December 2006, 05:31 AM
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The piece in the books is from 1900
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