Large Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead Kiffa Beads 14mm in diameter x 11mm

14mm in diameter x 11mm tall with 3

52mm wide x 53mm tall x 20mm thick

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antique early 1900's Venetian made and traded in Ivory Coast

Large Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead Kiffa Beads 14mm in diameter x 11mmThis very cool and magical bead was made in Kiffa, Mauritania. It is very old and was made as a female fertility charm, mainly by women artists. Historically, Kiffa beads are very important as its ancient technique (dating to 1000 years ago) made it one of the oldest glass bead making processes in Africa, which was purely African in origin. This bead is around 200 years old, possibly older, and it has been enhanced sometime in the early 1900s (the