Welcome to the forum, Jazz!
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At first glance, I thought it was a Sulu piece, but upon closer examination, it's actually Maranao. What is so intriguing about this is the fact that it's an older Maranao blade (1700's) based on the elephant trunk, which was made cruder compared to the later ones (1800's to 20th century).
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I do believe that this really is Sulu style rather than Maranao: AFAIK, that "Maranao bulge" isn't decisive - it needs to be accompagnied with a mouth parallel to the gangya to point to a Maranao origin. I'd guess it to be 100-150 years old.
Even with the non-traditionally rewrapped hilt a bargain. Congrats!
Regards,
Kai