The shell is the signal
Raking light finds the nacre; the soot-black ground recedes.
Surface / ground
Rose flash
Specimen 02
Western Solomons
What catches light
Symmetry carries the story
One frontal axis turns facial marking into a measured system.
Geometry / axis
Frontal measure
Every fragment earns its place
Recorded examples reach 1,053 shell inlays, set piece by piece.
Inlay / count
1,053 pieces
Relief stays close to the hand
Adze facets and putty lines remain legible beneath the dye.
Surface / relief
Adze facets