Coffins of the Ga tribe in Ghana

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Purchase a coffin or a chest from these Ga carpenters. Custom-made six foot coffins, three foot chests, or smaller table top or desk top chests.

NPR : Ghana's Coffins Deliver a Colorful Sendoff

For the Ga tribe in coastal Ghana, funeral processions feature brightly colored coffins shaped like cars, sewing machines or cigarettes -- honoring the dead by celebrating the way they lived.

Coffins From Ghana

For the Ga tribe in coastal Ghana, funerals are a time of mourning, but also of celebration. The Ga people believe that when their loved ones die, they move on into another life -- and the Ga make sure they do so in style. They honor their dead with brightly colored coffins that celebrate the way they lived.

Fantasy Coffins from Ghana

Meticulously detailed and based on objects of significance to the deceased, such coffins are an important aspect of the burial ritual.