Large Rare Kiffa Bead Garnets Over 100 years old from

Over 100 years old from the Rajasthan state of the subcontinent

vintage 1960’s or 70’s from Africa

Inner diameter measures 64mm

Some of the beads have "eyes" on them

Recently tumble-polished and very shiny

Large Rare Kiffa Bead Garnets Over 100 years old fromThis 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