Brass Strand of Beads

Thin metal discs arranged with the neatness of a well-run pantry.

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. Heishi-style wafers in soft ruddy gold with scattered brighter bits where the edges catch light. Each disc is barely thicker than a coin edge. The strand is wound in two generous circles around a dark open center.

Precisely imprecise, the way hand work usually is.