Conical Shape Striped with Dots Kiffa Bead Cheyenne Pink glass 11 wonderfully chunky beads on

11 wonderfully chunky beads on this strand

but made to look old

Hefty 23" long strand of large Eja (or "Aja") altered Venetian beads from Nigeria

10mm wide x 2mm thick

Newly made (from an old die) coin silver pendant from India

Conical Shape Striped with Dots Kiffa Bead Cheyenne Pink glass 11 wonderfully chunky beads onThis 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 of the oldest glass bead making processes in Africa, which was purely African in origin. This small bead is around 200 years old, possibly older; 8mm tall x 11mm wide with a small . 5mm hole. For more