Coffins shaped like a boat, plane, pawpaw and fish on display, Kuluedor, Ghana
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Ulrich Doering / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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6338 x 4209 px | 53.7 x 35.6 cm | 21.1 x 14 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
29 September 2007Location:
In a coffin maker's workshop along the road from Kuluedor to Accra, southern GhanaMore information:
On the coast of Ghana the Ga tribe approach death in an interesting way. A funeral is a time to both mourn and celebrate life. The coffins they create therefore are brightly coloured elaborate and festive. Often called fantasy coffins they represent something about how deceased lived. Coffins are created in the form of fish animals cars bottles Bibles and any other object requested. A fisherman may get a boat or fish a carpenter a plane a tailor a sewing machine and a farmer a cacao fruit.