The Mokoro Ring – Papyrus

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

A mokoro is hollowed by hand from a single tree, pointed at both ends and open through the middle, where the passengers and everything they carry sit. That is the shape here. Two lengths of chrysoprase matrix form the bow and the stern, cut to slightly different sizes the way the two ends of a real hull are, and the band splits between them to leave the well open.

Leaving the center open is what keeps the ring wearable. It covers nearly the whole finger and still weighs under four grams, so you get the length without the bulk that usually comes with it. The 24 topaz along the sides are set by hand under magnification, and the brown running through the green is the host rock, left in the stone rather than cut away.

Long enough to be the only ring you wear. Light enough to forget you have it on.

Pairs with the Mokoro Bracelet in Papyrus.