Unfortunately, this is an item that came without any history or provenance. I agree with Jim that this is likely a product of the Spanish Philippines and not Moro. If that is the case, I think it would likely be fairly early and likely late 18th to early 19th century. Leather was readily available in the late 19th century in the Northern Philippines judging by the number of scabbards and scabbard mounts that feature that material and I see no reason it wasn't available a century or more earlier.
I know a number of our esteemed Filipino researchers have found early Spanish accounts in the Philippines and I wonder if any of those mention the locals copying their armor?
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