Large Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead cylindrical Highly prized among collectors for

Highly prized among collectors for its unique and fun design

Brick-red with blue

Over 100 pieces and parts for all sort of projects

approximately 22mm total length

A Hindu goddess

Large Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead cylindrical Highly prized among collectors forThis 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 (the