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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 5148259, member: 2844"]Example of a mendak and selut on the Madurese hilt below.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mendak or hilt ring is at the bottom, the bit with the tiny granules. It supports the hilt and make sure the hilt doesn't touch the Keris.</p><p><br /></p><p>The selut or hilt cup is the filigree part that sits on top of the mendak. It encloses the base of the hilt, and is mostly decorative. In this case it is has a plump, rounded shape, but it can also be straight-sided.</p><p>You can tell if a hilt is made to have a cup, it will be more slender in the part where the cup fits over the hilt.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]414458[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 5148259, member: 2844"]Example of a mendak and selut on the Madurese hilt below. The mendak or hilt ring is at the bottom, the bit with the tiny granules. It supports the hilt and make sure the hilt doesn't touch the Keris. The selut or hilt cup is the filigree part that sits on top of the mendak. It encloses the base of the hilt, and is mostly decorative. In this case it is has a plump, rounded shape, but it can also be straight-sided. You can tell if a hilt is made to have a cup, it will be more slender in the part where the cup fits over the hilt. [ATTACH=full]414458[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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