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Judy, Thanks for your candid opinion—although these bracelets are NOT strung on raffia at all. The people who make these beads are most likely newly-trained in the craft of beadmaking. They are not life-long artisans who come with an art esthetic nor probably any perspective upon Chinese art history. My remark was entirely limited to the fact that the beads in question are remarkably like the prototypes they copy—and they are light-years ahead of what was available from China even a year ago. I feel pretty much the same way I felt twenty years ago when new copies of pumtek beads were made and circulated, that eventually evolved into a better level of skill than that of the older beads. They are remarkable, inexpensive, and fill a niche. This is the history of beads for over 5,000 years. JDA. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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