FIRST CUT...
Re: Re: A Rare Muracad -- TASART Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: MRAKSCHI Mail author
11/20/2008, 10:00:03

Jamey, Thomas,
since the vast majority of "Kiffas" are one-of-a-kind, itīs difficult to discuss their scarcity.

I own about several (ca. 5?) beads of that kind, as shown by both posters. How rare is 5 from 3000? 0.15% of all specimen in my collection seems to point towards rare. If Thomas and me alone have seen or own about 10 with that (general)design, I canīt consider this bead to be as rare as you, Jamey, think.

The same goes for that little black specimen with white lines and dots. I own some 10 such pieces and have seen many more. There are way-way rarer "Kiffas" around.


PS
There is one thing about "Jamey and Kiffas" I forgot to mention, in my previous "Kiffa-posts". Indeed, it has been BEADMAN who brought the beads to the attention of a wider audience. That must have been some time around the middle or late eighties. VERY early indeed and some 10 years before I felt stunned by the true beauty of my very first own one. In Bamako, Mali that has been - 1994! The funny thing is this bead is still the most beautiful one in my K-ollection. Naaaah..., definitely not for emotional reasons, not because the "first cut is the deepest". Just by chance! I tiny little green bottle-glass triangular!



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