Fanfa Palette
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: APO-29
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- Height
- 2.10 cm
- Material
- Brass
Palettes used in the century XIX to clean the gold dust from foreign particles, like grains of sand. They get the name offanfa. They were also…
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Full original description
Palettes used in the century XIX to clean the gold dust from foreign particles, like grains of sand. They get the name offanfa. They were also used to calibrate gold particles and classify them by size. It served to weigh exactly an ounce of gold. It has on the widest part an engraving with two concentric circumferences.
Further technical information
- Width
- 6.50 cm
- Depth
- 11 cm
- Attributed period
- Century XVII a XIX
- Recorded weight
- 40.90 g
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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