#kiffabeads

Absolutely in love with this colorful strand of contemporary Kiffa beads from Mauritania. Kiffa beads are rare powder glass beads, named after the Mauritanian city of Kiffa, where French ethnologist R.Mauny documented them first in 1949. Kiffa beads  represent one of the highest levels of artistic skill and ingenuity in beadmaking, being manufactured with the simplest materials and tools available: pulverized European glass beads or fragments of them, bottle glass, pottery shards, tin cans, twigs, steel needles, some gum arabic, and open fires. #kiffa #kiffabeads #mauritania #kiffastyle #handmadebeads #handmadejewelry #artglass #glassbeads #handmadeglassbeads #handmadeglass #wearableart #uniquebeads #pattern #patternedbeads #fashion #style #shop #nyc #unionsquare #beadsofparadise (at Beads of Paradise NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZXerTUuDq1/?utm_medium=tumblr

These contemporary Kiffa bead strands/necklaces made in Mauritania are SO! MUCH! FUN! Each bead is a handmade piece of art, and with all of them combined, they make for *quite* the wearable party! Indeed, if you need to perk up your mood and/or your outfit, this could be the perfect piece to toss over your head. ($138/strand) #kiffa #kiffabeads #mauritania #africanjewelry #africanbeads #handmadebeads #handmadejewelry #wearableart #wearableparty #funjewelry #fashion #style #styleinspo #styleinspiration #statementjewelry #statementnecklace #uniquebeads #uniquejewelry #eccentricstyle #shop #nyc #unionsquare #beadsofparadise (at Beads of Paradise NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLsZ_vSBlNv/?igshid=n6p7qco9y7b9

Absolutely in love with the colorful strand of contemporary Kiffa beads from Mauritania. Kiffa beads are rare powder glass beads, named after the Mauritanian city of Kiffa, where French ethnologist R.Mauny documented them first in 1949. Kiffa beads  represent one of the highest levels of artistic skill and ingenuity in beadmaking, being manufactured with the simplest materials and tools available: pulverized European glass beads or fragments of them, bottle glass, pottery shards, tin cans, twigs, steel needles, some gum arabic, and open fires. #kiffa #kiffabeads #mauritania #kiffastyle #handmadebeads #handmadejewelry #artglass #glassbeads #handmadeglassbeads #handmadeglass #wearableart #uniquebeads #pattern #patternedbeads #fashion #style #shop #nyc #unionsquare #beadsofparadise (at Beads of Paradise NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDw6XI9B3_E/?igshid=1g9cos9r7lufx