Brass Strand of Beads

Long ridged spindles, green at the seams, with a round bead hanging like a pendulum.

This is a strand of beads. It is brass. Brass has long been a favored metal for beads, its warm gold color deepening to a soft brown with handling. Elongated, tapered beads wound in fine horizontal ridges, in dull ruddy gold streaked with blue-green tarnish. A dented round bead hangs from the strand near the bottom. A flat, leaf-like metal piece and a bit of thread show at the center.

Coils, dents, and a little verdigris, all worn with pride.