| Original Message: Re: Re: chinese on Raffia, etc. |
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I knew in Africa a great Haoussa beads merchant who traveled the world to supply the markets. He knew the old beads perfectly and knew what he was selling. But the world was his garden, and he called me from Hong Kong, Berlin, Venice and tutti quanti...., and arrived in West Africa with beads from everywhere (He had real ancient Islamic beads of great beauty from Mesopotamia as copies of India or China) that was then sold in the markets, mixed with the ancient beads and the challenge was to recognize them, it was not always easy. The rafia was convenient to sell the whole !! the local merchants knew it and they hacked to undo the necklaces on wire of rafia !!
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