Brass Strand of Beads

Crosshatched little drums, a bit scuffed, still keeping tidy time.

This is a strand of beads. It is brass. Brass has long been a favored metal for beads, its warm gold color deepening to a soft brown with handling. Small tube beads with a woven-looking diagonal texture, separated by thin ring spacers in darker tone. Rubbed highlights have turned parts of the surface a pale yellow. The line curls back on itself, one patterned bead sitting slightly apart at the bend.

Handled enough to glow, not enough to lose its stripes.