Brass Strand of Beads

Tightly strung little drums, dark with age and sparked with the odd gleam.

This is a strand of beads. It is brass. Brass beads in a strand are often graded or mixed by size, so the rhythm of the strand is as much a part of the piece as the beads. Small cylinders with rough, relief-patterned faces and thin ring spacers in between. Most are a muted brown-gold, a few brighter yellow near the bottom. The strand rests in two slim arcs against the black.

A strand that rewards the squinting.