Coffin base

Description

Coffin in the shape of a Mercedes-Benz car, wooden, white painted lower body with silver, black and orange details, with leopard skin fabric upholstered seats inside coffin: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Accra, Ga people, by Paa Joe, c. 1998

Museum reference

K.2000.38 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Coffin base

Production information

Paa Joe, 1947 (b.)
Accra, Ghana, Western Africa

Date

c. 1998

Style / Culture

Ga

Materials

Wood, Paint, Textile

Physical description

Wood; painted white with silver, black and orange details; leopard skin fabric upholstered seats, maroon cotton floor covering

Associations

Mercedes-Benz

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Heaven and Hell and other worlds of the dead (01 Jul 2000 - 01 Feb 2001)
  Royal Museum of Scotland

• Going out in Style

Links to other web pages

Collection Story

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, patterns of life