Museum case study / shell currency register

Ebony Vitrine

Malaita / New Georgia / Honiara

Pearl inlay archive

Wealth
Held in Darkness

Measured shell strands and nautilus chips sit against bone-dark hardwood, composed with the discipline of a vitrine and the patience of handwork.

Strung value Red Chama and warm Cymbium discs set into ledger-like bands.
Inlaid dignity Cool pearl marks placed like carved constellations in ebony.
Pearl disc strand / inlay ledger