Posted 12 years ago
jrfm410
(76 items)
hi i won an auction and these butterscotch prayer bead bracelets were part of the package....i don't have any knowlege about them and i am hoping someone on CW will share some info about them...i also got some wooden prayer beads and i will post some pics of them as well...thank u for looking and leaving a comment...love this site!
thank you so very much for your comment...so you think they may be bakelite...I will try to find more info...once again thank you
These look to me like komboloi, also known as worry beads. They frequently have odd numbers of beads (yours are, I think, 13 and 17? -- it's hard to make out for sure), and the structure is similar. They are often made out of butterscotch-coloured material.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worry_beads