Category:Dommasa ne suru (gold weight)

The Dommasa ne suru is a historical gold weight of the Akan in Ghana and the Ivory Coast for the weighing of gold dust.

The name "Dommasa ne suru" means "three Domma and one Suru".

Theoretical weight:

- 12.2864 g (Abel for 56 Taku)

- 12.5818 g (Abel for 86 Ba)

- 12.74 g (Garrard for 49 Taku)

- 12.8 g (Garrard for 3 Domma + 1 Suru = 3*3,3 g + 2,9 g)

Real weight:

- 12.6 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.032 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass figure of a mask representing a bovid)

- 12.7 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.033 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass figure of a Mask representing a bovid with pyramid effect)

Value equivalents:

1 Dommasa ne suru = 56 Taku = 86 Ba (Abel)

1 Dommasa ne suru = 72 Taku (Garrard)

240 Taku = 40 Ackies (Abel)

120 Taku = 1 Ounce (Garrard)

(1 Ounce = 16 Ackies (European trade))