Kai Wee, you ask:-
"If it has a selut, does it still need a mendak?"
This is probably a good question.
In present day terms, the answer is definitely "yes".
However, the couple of 100% original Cirebon keris I have both came without mendak, but with iron selut.
There were iron mendak, and I suspect that complete, correct dress would be with an iron mendak, however, on the other hand, many old, 100% original, un-played with keris that I have had in my hands from East Jawa and from Bali/Lombok, did not have mendak or wewer.
I suspect that it is possible that the dress convention of the mendak is a comparatively recent one, that was not always followed, especially on lower level pieces, in earlier days.
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