Wristband with Antique Jesus Icon

Sixteen black beads and one bearded face, keeping very good company.

This wristband with antique Jesus icon is of mixed age, in jade and brass. Small devotional images have been cast in metal for centuries, carried and worn as personal reminders of faith, and they turn up in jewelry long after their first use. The square brass icon shows a long-haired, bearded face in simple relief, framed by a raised border. Polished dark jade beads, deep enough to read as black, make up the rest of the band, separated by thin brass spacers. The beads have a glassy, even shine.

Quiet company for the wrist, and very steady.