Brass Strand of Beads

Elongated spindles with zigzag collars, slim and smooth like tiny gold lanterns.

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. Long bicone beads in a polished, even yellow, tapering toward each end. Narrow bands of stamped zigzag pattern circle the swollen middle of each bead. The strand hangs in a loose U, ending in two small beads with denser etching.

Dressed up in zigzags, and rather pleased about it.