Large Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead Kiffa Beads Image repeats on reverse

Image repeats on reverse

Very funky with large holes

52mm wide x 53mm tall x 20mm thick

14mm in diameter x 11mm tall with 3

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Large Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead Kiffa Beads Image repeats on reverseThis 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