Tita Field Notes
Plate 07 Nguzunguzu / 01

Material register · Western Solomons

Shell Against Black

The nguzunguzu as a study in soot, shell, and raking light.

Frontal inlay register A measured vertical axis with mirrored shell tiles and rose and green-blue nacre flashes.
Inlay register / frontal axis
1,053 shell inlays Soot-dyed hardwood
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