Category:Suanu (gold weight)

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))