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Important elements of the keris, are the ‘mendak’ and ‘selut’.

The selut is a hollow lemon shaped shell, sometimes nicely engraved. Often made of silver or being gold plated, it is pierced and carved by hand, in organic motives and set with many gemstones and placed between the blade and handle, together with the ‘mendak’, a smaller decorative ring.

A fine keris always is denoted by a matching ensemble of ‘selut’ and ‘mendak’.

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The endlessly variable jasper stone is not only a beauty to the eye, but also is a very powerful mineral to use in meditation, occult rituals and healing ceremonies.

Jasper's long history is quite fascinating.

Each kind of jasper has its own particular uses and history, but all of them share the same base.