Brass Strand of Beads

Long grooved bars backed with triple-scalloped plates, lined up in a wavy row.

This is a strand of beads. It is brass. Brass beads are generally made by casting in small molds or by the lost-wax method, then strung in lengths that are worn or traded. Slender ridged bars sit across rounded, overlapping plates etched with spiral lines. The finish is warm gold with slightly darker, tarnished hollows and traces of green. The strand curves in broad loops.

Pattern on pattern, and not one line wasted.