Large Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead Cylinder 47mm diameter with a slight

47mm diameter with a slight 6mm raised bump in the center of the shield

5mm thick (solid silver backing)

with a metal riveted insert at the hole

Center bead is 28mm square

Each bead measures approximately 24mm long x 15mm diameter

Large Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead Cylinder 47mm diameter with a slightThis 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