Category:Suanu ne suru (gold weight)

The Suanu ne suru is a historical gold weight of the Akan in Ghana and the Ivory Coast for the weighing of gold dust. It's about a compounded weight.

Regional name variants:

• Asuanu ne suru
• Esuanu ne suru
• Njua nsa, Dwa nsa, Jua nsa, Gua nsa, Jua ha

"Suanu ne suru" means "1 Sunanu + 1 Suru" or "2 Sua + 1 Suru".

The suffix "-nu" means the double of something. The prefixes "A-" and "E-" are plural article in the Twi language.

Theoretical weight:

- 43,0 g (Garrard)

- 43,88 g (Abel for 200 Taku)

- 43,89 g (Abel for 300 Ba)

- 44,0 g (Garrard) (35.2 g + 8.8 g = 44.0 g)

Real weight

- 44,8 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.120 in the "Muséum de Toulouse" (Brass figure of a two headed bird)

Mass equivalents:

1 Suanu ne suru = 200 Taku = 300 Ba (Abel)

1 Suanu ne suru = 170 Taku (Garrard)

1 Ounce = 16 Ackies = 144 Taku = 216 Ba (Abel)

1 Ounce = 16 Ackies = 120 Taku (Garrard)