The Mokoro Ring – Afterglow

The Mokoro Ring in Afterglow is one boat seen from above, laid along the length of the finger. It is part of the Mokoro Set in Afterglow, from the Mokoro Chapter.

A mokoro is hollowed by hand from a single tree, pointed at both ends and open through the middle where everything it carries sits. Two lengths of rhodochrosite form the bow and the stern, cut to different sizes the way the two ends of a real hull are, and the band splits between them to leave the well open.

A ring like this usually takes white stones along the sides for contrast. This one takes 24 rhodolite instead, so the color holds from one end to the other and nothing interrupts it. Each is set by hand under magnification.

Leaving the center open is what keeps it wearable. It covers most of the finger and still weighs just over four grams, so you get the length without the bulk. All 26 stones are natural, and the banding falls differently in every ring.

Pairs with the Mokoro Bracelet in Afterglow.