Old Kiffa Bead from Mauritania ghana Tiny brick-red brownish glass beads

Tiny brick-red brownish glass beads

75'' wide with a 20mm hinged loop Very cool

Each bag will have at least one large 28-34mm long pendant

Opaque yellow flat saucer glass discs

Old Kiffa Bead from Mauritania ghana Tiny brick-red brownish glass beadsThis very unusual and rare bead was made in Kiffa, Mauritania. It is very old and was made as a female fertility charm, mainly by women artists. Unusual blue color with 3 yellow eyes encircled with red. A striking design! 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,