Large Rare Kiffa Bead Garnets 13" strand of moss aquamarine

13" strand of moss aquamarine faceted rondelles

9mm long x 10mm diameter with 2mm hole

Sizes range from 10mm in diameter to 14mm in diameter

Some of the beads have "eyes" on them

Large Rare Kiffa Bead Garnets 13" strand of moss aquamarineThis 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 (spruced