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Plate IIIA Mauritania: Ancient nila beads (all photos by H. Opper). Plate IIIB Mauritania: Polychrome triangular Kiffa beads, probably the most exotic of Mauritanian powdered-glass beads. Plate IIIC Mauritania: Ancient glass beads (left) and similar Kiffa powdered-glass examples (right). c:1-1 Plate IIID Mauritania: Kiffa beads with paste cores (top), and cores formed of Plate IVA Mauritania: Powdered-glass beads made in Oualata, Mauritania. Plate IVB Mauritania: Old (left) and new (right) Kiffa beads.
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