Antique Conical Shape Kiffa Bead hairpipe Medium-sized Old Silver (80-90% pure

Medium-sized Old Silver (80-90% pure

Very cool vintage Swarovski "black diamond" faceted glass beads

Over 100 pieces and parts for all sort of projects

Graduated strand of 9mm x 13mm to huge 22mm x 23mm

8" strand of 23 smooth

Antique Conical Shape Kiffa Bead hairpipe Medium-sized Old Silver (80-90% pureThis 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 conical shaped bead is around 200 years old, possibly older; 9mm tall x 12mm wide with a small 1mm hole.