Not sure if the mouth at the ganga still applies like the old days, but if it does I would think it might indicate a Maguindanao make. This plus what I can tell of the cloth wrap makes this a definite Maguindanao origin.
I once had a similar piece but of Sulu origin (now belongs to my father, a full blood Tagalog).
Nice piece. The wranga, I don't know. As long as it is stable.......
Keep the cloth wrap just as it is - it was meant to be this way and itself may be the anting-anting.
Oh the stories it could tell........
