1
Negative space does the speaking
The pierced gaps aren't decoration — they are where the figures breathe, and where light passes through to read the layers behind.
2
Three pigments, no compromise
Orange-red ochre, white lime, and charcoal black over dark wood — the entire palette holds, with nothing borrowed from outside it.
3
The shell eye returns the gaze
Inset Turbo opercula catch the firelight, so the figure looks back at the mourners across the mortuary feast.
4
A frieze is built to be released
Carved for one feast, then left to weather — the panel's authority comes from its impermanence, not its preservation.