Indian Silver Strand of Beads

Soft pewter beads, round and tightly packed, with a slit here and there.

This strand of beads is from India. It is coin silver. Silver beads tarnish to a soft gray with time, which is often seen as part of their character. A double strand of rounded beads with a smooth, lightly scuffed finish. Several show crescent-shaped notches beside the holes, and a pale seam crosses the top of a few. Grey-brown grime sits in the joins.

Not shiny, not dull, just comfortably lived in.