coffins from africa

[piranha]

not a political post. :)

i simply must spread this link to coffins made in africa. indigenous people in ghana, carpenters of the ga from around accra make these treasures. the ga believe that your coffin should represent how you earned your living -- since the ga were fishers, there are lots of sea creature coffins. a chief might once have been buried in a lion coffin, but today it's more likely going to be a mercedes one.

they have caught on to becoming famous, so now they're experimenting with making smaller models as chests.

via firecat.

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[debbiethedogged.livejournal.com]

They are amazing, aren't they? The Seattle Art Museum had an exhibit of them a few years ago. Glad to hear they're going to start making chests.