Fulani Style Necklace by Ruth Begian 20mm x 16mm x

20mm x 16mm x

Kiffa beads are unique and employ ancient glass bead-making techniques

A lovely collection of beads

and extremely rare

Berber coin silver hair ornament or pendant circa 1920’s

Fulani Style Necklace by Ruth Begian 20mm x 16mm xTraditional colorful pressed glass beads, popular with the nomadic Fulani Tribal People of West Africa, mixed with Kenya brass heishi and Nigerian brass era beads (flat sequin spacers early 1900's). This Czech glass was traded in West Africa in the 1920's 40's and are quite unusual. 16 inches long with a brass hook & eye closure. Center pressed glass orange and yellow flowers are 12mm diameter. Last photo shows some other designs in this collection.