Category:Peresuru mienu (gold weight)
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The Peresuru mienu is a historical gold weight of the Akan in Ghana and the Ivory Coast for the weighing of gold dust.
The name "Peresuru mienu" means "the double of one Peresuru".
Theoretical weight:
- - 18.4296 g (Abel for 84 Taku)
- - 18.72 g (Garrard for 72 Taku)
- - 18.7264 g (Abel for 128 Ba)
- - 18.8 g (Garrard for 2 Peresuru)
Real weight:
- - 18.5 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.052 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass stool figure)
- - 18.5 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.053 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass figure of an Akan stool)
- - 18.5 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.013 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass scorpion figure)
- - 18.7 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.068 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass leopard figure)
- - 18.8 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.057 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass drum figure)
- - 18.8 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.065 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass figure of a chameleon with a ring of metal around the neck as an additionnal weight.)
Value equivalents:
- 1 Peresuru mienu = 2 Peresuru
- 1 Peresuru mienu = 84 Taku = 128 Ba (Abel)
- 1 Peresuru mienu = 72 Taku (Garrard)
- 240 Taku = 40 Ackies (Abel)
- 120 Taku = 1 Ounce (Garrard)
- (1 Ounce = 16 Ackies (European trade))
Media in category "Peresuru mienu (gold weight)"
The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total.
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.013-fond blanc.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.8 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.013.jpg 3,536 × 3,302; 2.83 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.052.jpg 3,570 × 3,138; 5.58 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.053.jpg 3,502 × 2,502; 2.55 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.057-2.jpg 2,300 × 2,628; 2.34 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.057.jpg 1,035 × 1,552; 517 KB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.065-fond blanc.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 10.65 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.065.jpg 2,184 × 1,456; 1.84 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.068.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 11.31 MB