| Original Message: Re: They are very different beads! |
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July 2023 A few years ago it was determined that the carnelian used for making pema raka beads was sourced in Yunnan, and is still being exploited. Whether the beads were made there or not is not determined. (Yunnan is a province of CHINA.) By the way, counter to presumptuous suggestions that I advise people to refer to pema raka as "Han beads"--I never remotely said anything of the sort. I remarked (on more than one occasion) that in an exposition I read decades ago, there was an association between Tibetan carnelian beads and "Han." My suggestion was that this might indicate that pema raka beads came from China, OR were brought to Tibet by Chinese traders. Nowhere have I nor would I suggest a "name change." Being misinterpreted by thoughtless people, and having to correct untrue propositions (about me and my research) are very annoying wastes of my time. But I feel compelled to correct these misstatements of my ideas and observations. Finally, most people know the name (and spelled presentation) of "pema raka" because of my work in this arena, that stems from about 1985. (Also mentioned by me in multiple expositions.) I have zero desire to change the name. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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