Large Augmented Rare Kiffa Bead 7 layer chevron sold in 40 gram bag

sold in 40 gram bag

Very cool ceramic bead from 1800s Japan

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Has four 3mm holes and nice stamped design work

30mm tall x 26mm wide with semi-filled silver backing and 4mm loop at the top

Large Augmented Rare Kiffa Bead 7 layer chevron sold in 40 gram bagThis 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