If I recall correctly, I bought this spear head at a local flea market several years ago. The old tag reads:
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Tagalog spear and Moro spear head -
Philippine Islands.
(Presented to Col. Cavanaugh at Fort McKinley, P.I. in 1907.)
Is believed to be very old.
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The overall length (tip of blade to tip of tang) is 16.5 inches; there is no suggestion of a twist core.
I had always thought the twisted 'baling' wire to which the tag is tied was a later addition, but learned that I was wrong with that assumption the Brimfield flea market this past Spring...