Category:Suanu (gold weight)
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The Suanu is a historical gold weight of the Akan in Ghana and the Ivory Coast for the weighing of gold dust.
Regional name variants:
- Asuanu
- Esuanu
- Nsuanu
- Pereguan fa
- Adope
- Atakpi, Atakpe, Atakpwe, Adatpe, Atape
- Atatue
The suffix "-nu", "-nou", "-nyo" (or similar) means in the Twi language "the double" of something.
The suffix "-fa" means in the Twi language "the half" of something, here for instance "Pereguan-fa" means "a half Pereguan".
Theoretical weight:
- - 34,164 g (Abel for Baulé)
- - 35,2 g (Garrard)
Real weight:
- - 34,1 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.120 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass bird figure)
- - 34,4 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.092 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass swordfish figure)
- - 34,7 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.016 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass scorpion figure)
- - 34,9 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.106 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass bird figure)
- - 35,3 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.025 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass scorpion figure)
- - 35,7 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.056 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass figure in the form of a tree trunk piece)
Value equivalents:
- 1 Atakpi = 156 Taku = 234 Ba (Abel)
- 240 Taku = 40 Ackies (Abel)
- (1 Ounce = 16 Ackies (European trade))
Media in category "Suanu (gold weight)"
The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total.
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.016-fond blanc.jpg 4,248 × 3,186; 6.08 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.016.jpg 3,094 × 2,716; 1.95 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.025-fond blanc.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 5.09 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.025.jpg 2,689 × 2,459; 1.91 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.056.jpg 3,624 × 2,665; 4.45 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.092-fond blanc.jpg 4,421 × 3,316; 6.53 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.092.jpg 3,093 × 2,062; 3 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.106.jpg 4,020 × 2,796; 7.93 MB
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Akan MHNT.ETH.2010.25.120.jpg 4,410 × 3,180; 8.07 MB