The Mokoro Bracelet – Ironwood

The Mokoro Bracelet in Ironwood sets ten bloodstone hulls along a gold-plated sterling silver chain. It is part of the Mokoro Set in Ironwood, from the Mokoro Chapter.

In the Okavango, there are no roads. People move by mokoro, a narrow boat hollowed by hand from a single tree and poled through the channels. It is daily transport, not ceremony, and the bracelet keeps that plainness.

Ten hulls, each one bezel set by hand, each one carrying a line of red through dark green. Nothing between them and nothing around them. Bloodstone reads black in most light and shows its green when the sun gets into it.

It is slim enough to lie flat under a shirt cuff, so you can wear it through a working day without thinking about it. Roll the sleeve back and it is the only thing on your wrist that needs to be there.