MURAQAT - small size vs. avarage size | |||||
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The smallest bead on the attached photos is 2.6 mm diamter. All others on the strand are slightly bigger - up to ca. 5mm diameter, what makes them more or less the same size than the those of the previous poster.
Still - this beads (the one of this poster and mine) are surprisingly tiny. It is truely amazing that the Mauretanian craftswoman are able to apply such intricate designs onto such tiny cores, and that leaves unconsidered their very basic tools.
In order to demonstrate the tiny size of certain Muraqat, I photographed one such strand of tiny specimen (2.6 - 5 mm diamter) together with a few pieces of avarage size.
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