Card/Transcription No.: 620(89)

620-89 Palette       (See 620-65)

A ritualistic palette. 
L. 32.0; W. 4.0; thickness 0.5 cents

Materials
Palette hard black and red wood (?) ebony
Ornamentation: gesso-gilt
Reeds: dark blue glass
Colours: -
Dark blue
Light blue
Black
glass
white (now slightly brown, but whiter underneath) flint.

Treatment
Cleaned wood with damp sponge.
Cleaned gold with ammonia
Cleaned reeds and colours with warm water

Fixed on the reeds and 3 of the colours, which were loose, with
celluloid cement