Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Visual Works (hierarchy name)
5. visual works (works)
6. [visual works by function]
7. religious visual works
8. prayer beads

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication
4. Visual Works
5. visual works
6. visual works by form
7. beads
8. beads by function

Anotations

Scope note:

Christian religious articles comprising a string of 10 or more beads woven in a ladder-like formation to allow a bead to be slid up and down the string to count sacrifices, good deeds, and prayers throughout the day. The string typically has a medal of St. Therese on one end and a crucifix on the other; modern sacrifice beads may be in the form of a bracelet. According to tradition, the beads originated in the childhood of St. Therese of Lisieux, who was said to have used a string of prayer beads for this purpose.