Fanfa Palette

Akan · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: APO-7

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Height
12 cm
Material
Brass

Palette used in the century XIX to clean the gold dust from foreign particles, like grains of sand. They get the name of fanfa. They were…

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Palette used in the century XIX to clean the gold dust from foreign particles, like grains of sand. They get the name of fanfa. They were also used to calibrate gold particles and classify them by size.

Further technical information
Width
5 cm
Attributed period
Century XIX

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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