Large Rare Kiffa Bead Malian An awesome work of art

An awesome work of art

these beads are nearly impossible to find

32 small telsums or pendants made from high-quality cpin silver in Ethiopia from about 100 years ago

24 beads on the strand

Actually opens up and can store whatever you desire

Large Rare Kiffa Bead Malian An awesome work of artThis 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