Antique Conical Shape Kiffa Bead scapolite Huge lightweight silver amulet featuring

Huge lightweight silver amulet featuring the Hindu god Shiva

Cool circular mixed metal pendant (primarily brass)) from the Tuareg people of Northwestern Africa

Graduated sizes

Recently cleaned and tumble-polished

stamped coin silver pendant from India

Antique Conical Shape Kiffa Bead scapolite Huge lightweight silver amulet featuringThis 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 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; 9. 5mm tall x 12mm wide with a small 1mm hole. For