05-16-2019 04:23 AM
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?
05-16-2019 04:30 AM - edited 05-16-2019 04:33 AM
All I can tell you is that neither one is a Catholic rosary.
05-16-2019 04:39 AM - edited 05-16-2019 04:42 AM
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.
05-16-2019 05:55 AM
05-16-2019 06:27 AM - edited 05-16-2019 06:31 AM
@madmom000 wrote:
Thank You Maxine! I realize they are not a literal/classic rosary.
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.
05-16-2019 06:34 AM
Make that "...child or..."
05-16-2019 10:24 AM
I would guess mexican,perhaps something to do with Day of the dead ?