Philippine WW-II Liberation Folk Art 1945

This is an interesting and original piece of folk art. When our American forces liberated the Philippines in 1944/1945, they brought with them Wartime Victory Coins produced in the United States.  The piece is made up of original Philippine Victory Coins bearing 1944 and 1945 dates. This piece is similar to stylistic Islamic metal scrolling art from Malaysia and Indonesia. The round object at the bottom of the piece is similar to examples of "Betel Boxes", traditional serving boxes for Betel Nuts! The mosaic itself is 5'-2" long and 13-1/2" wide. It consists of an upper scrollwork piece figured as a stylized rooster. Below it is suspended a second scrollwork piece. The waist of the piece is comprised of three, 7x7 coin matrices containing 49 coins each. It looks like the suspending rings are silver soldered to each coin. The only defect that I can see is in the middle panel where 2 of the coin connecting rings have gone missing. Below the coin matrices is a very elaborate scrollwork pi