Brass Strand of Beads

Little encrusted beads in a long, thin loop, like a string of seed pods.

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. Cylindrical beads, each with grainy, weathered faces and dark ring spacers. Their color ranges from deep brown to a duller gold, with one glossy yellow bead near the curve. The strand hangs in two slender arcs.

Fussy little details, all of them hand-earned.