Large Blue with White Dots Kiffa Bead Venetian and it has been enhanced

and it has been enhanced sometime in the early 1900s (spruced up with paint of some sort--even the backside has been adorned with paint

but some are chipped

Ancient chunky amazonite pendant 21mm long x 16mm wide x 9mm thick with a 2mm hole

22" strand of irregularly shaped beads in a variety of small sizes:

Antique football-shaped  opaque white Czech glass beads

Large Blue with White Dots Kiffa Bead Venetian and it has been enhancedThis very cool 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. 22mm tall x 12mm wide x 10mm thick with a small . 8mm hole. For more