Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead Red Coral Gorgeous 1940's necklace

Gorgeous 1940's necklace

19mm wide x 20mm tall x 11mm thick (hollow)

Average size is 18mm x 25mm with 2-3mm loop

Hinged with a pin clasp

Rare and a real deal

Repaired Rare Kiffa Bead Red Coral Gorgeous 1940's necklaceThis 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