Large Augmented Rare Kiffa Bead faceted Set of nine high-silver content

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48mm long x 42mm tall x 9mm thick with four 3-4mm loops at the top and dozens of gangly drops

Large Augmented Rare Kiffa Bead faceted Set of nine high-silver contentThis 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