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Ghana coffins

11 images Created 26 Jun 2009

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  • Coffin maker Adjei Dennis carves the nose of a tiger-shaped coffin, ordered for an important head of family, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
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  • Coffin makers Dennis Adjei (in green) and Daniel Kofi work on a tiger-shaped coffin, ordered for an important head of family, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
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  • Apprentice coffin maker Jonathan Aduful  adjusts the lid of a chicken-shaped coffin, ordered for a poultry farmer, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
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  • Apprentice coffin maker Jonathan Aduful  adjusts the lid of a chicken-shaped coffin, ordered for a poultry farmer, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
    GHA08.1206.COFFINS0025.jpg
  • Coffin maker Adjei Dennis carves the nose of a tiger-shaped coffin, ordered for an important head of family, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
    GHA08.1206.COFFINS0054.jpg
  • Coffin maker Adjei Dennis carves the nose of a tiger-shaped coffin, ordered for an important head of family, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
    GHA08.1206.COFFINS0068.jpg
  • Coffins shaped as lions, cars and cocoa pods are seen on display at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.  Is it a tradition in Ghana to bury people in coffins shaped to represent their life's work. For instance, a chief would be buried in a lion-shaped coffin, a driver in a car-shaped one, and a cocoa farmer in one shaped as a cocoa pod..
    GHA08.1206.COFFINS0094.jpg
  • Daniel Oblie, owner of Hello Design Coffins, opens the back of a tanker truck-shaped coffin at his workshop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008. Is it a tradition in Ghana to bury people in coffins shaped to represent their life's work. For instance, the owner of an fuel company would be buried in a tanker-truck coffin, a cocoa farmer in one shaped as a cocoa pod.
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  • Coffins at Paa Joe's coffin shop in Teshie, outside Accra, Ghana on Tuesday May 2, 2006.
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  • Coca-Cola bottle shaped coffin at Paa Joe's coffin shop in Teshie, outside Accra, Ghana on Tuesday May 2, 2006.
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  • Lion-shaped coffin at Paa Joe's coffin shop in Teshie, outside Accra, Ghana on Friday June 26, 2009.
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