Large Augmented Rare Kiffa Bead faceted Antique silver pendant from India

Antique silver pendant from India featuring an unidentified Hindu god

Strand of 12 vintage 1930's funky resin-molded possibly Czech-made beads that are decorated with multi-color rhinestones

41beads total

Tamba of antique light chartreuse Venetian seed beads

7mm long x 7mm wide with 1mm hole

Large Augmented Rare Kiffa Bead faceted Antique silver pendant from IndiaThis 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