Primitive painted Terra Cotta Beads... Rosaries? Help Needed!

[madmom000]

Well...I have no idea what I have here. Any help is appreciated!  Jesus? Hand crafted beads . Looks like tempra paint.  Painted wire “chain”. Primitive but ambitious. I had the thought they were necklaces then changed mind to a rosary or worry beads. Something religious. No stamps or markings. Any idea of age and country? What are they? Anyone ever see anything like these folk art pieces?

[maxine*j]

All I can tell you is that neither one is a Catholic rosary.

[maxine*j]

To be perfecty clear:   Neither one is a Roman Catholic rosary.  Neither one is a set of Orthodox Christian prayer beads.

Whether or not they're prayer beads otherwise, I can't say, but I somehow doubt it because of their size and number.

[madmom000]

Thank You Maxine! I realize they are not a literal/classic rosary.

[maxine*j]

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@madmom000 wrote:
Thank You Maxine! I realize they are not a literal/classic rosary.

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Ah, okay.  Sorry.  I've never heard of a nonliteral or nonclassic rosary, and I apologize for being unfamiliar with such.

I was wondering if they might be the work of a childor children.  Sunday school / church camp / mission.  Just a thought.

[maxine*j]

Make that "...child or..."  

[johnnycb09]

I would guess mexican,perhaps something to do with Day of the dead ?