Large Rare Kiffa Bead Garnets solid-bronze with copper tones anklet

solid-bronze with copper tones anklet from Nigeria/Cameroon

Recently tumble-polished and very shiny

vintage 1960’s or 70’s from Africa

These earrings are hand made and do vary slightly

Large Rare Kiffa Bead Garnets solid-bronze with copper tones ankletThis 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