Brass Strand of Beads

Crisp-edged beads with a worn, dusty gold complexion, hanging in a patient loop.

This is a strand of beads. It is brass. Strands of metal beads were traditionally worn as ornament and as a form of portable wealth in many parts of Africa and Asia. Bicone beads with angular facets that catch light in broad, flat reflections. Small spots of gray patina mark the seams and ends. A bundle of cream fiber wraps loosely around one bead low on the strand.

Handsome in a slightly battered way.