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Originally Posted by Jean
Thank you Alan and David.
I attach the pic of one old (kris?) hilt specimen with a deeply carved base and fitted with a ferrule for whatever reason (damage?). The Solo nunggak semi hilts fitted with a selut also have a recessed base (but less deeply cut) for inserting the selut.
Best regards
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IMHO such deeply carved base has the purpose of fitting a keris hilt to a pestel for betel nut breaking.