Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead stone rectangles Large coin silver amulet made

Large coin silver amulet made in India circa 1940s

mainly by women artists

Features the seven goddesses (along with Shiva)

Each pendant is approximately 21mm diameter with some faint text on one side

Unique cast/fabricated design

Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead stone rectangles Large coin silver amulet madeThis 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