Rare Conical Shape Kiffa Bead Bracelet These brass or bronze castings

These brass or bronze castings are over 100 years old and were worn by men in Northern Nigeria or Cameroon as a belt link to attach to leather or beaded braids

Very interesting

Coin silver

Set of 11 unique antique tribal beads from Northern India

Some of these are slightly worn (and four have a lot of patina on them)

Rare Conical Shape Kiffa Bead Bracelet These brass or bronze castingsThis 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; 10mm tall x 13mm wide with a small 1mm hole. For more