Strand of Beads

Butterscotch, in the sense that amber can be, and rather heavier on the neck.

This strand of beads comes from the Himalayas and dates to the 19th century or earlier. It is butterscotch amber. Amber has long been prized across the Himalayan region, worn in quantity as adornment and as a mark of family standing. The beads are thick, irregular rondelles, each a little different in width and shape, graduated from small near the top to fat at the center. Their color runs from deep orange to honey, with darker flecks and tiny surface cracks. Light seems to pool inside them.

Nobody has ever described this as dainty, and nobody has complained.