Photo detail
Dimension:
18X16
Decoration:
Eye Beads
Processing:
Mosaic Beads
Book Reference:
fig.70 | p.56

Superb mourfia anyinifaine with mosaic eye made of circular cross section cane insets from the Gao region of Mali in tenth–twelfth-century sites, highly sought-after in Mauritania and the Middle East for the magical powers they are believed to have.