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firecat (attention machine in need of calibration) ([personal profile] firecat) wrote2005-12-01 03:25 pm
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Things I learned today

There are artists in Africa who make representational coffins. (Or you can have them make you a small-sized one that you can use as a chest or cabinet.) You can even buy them from a fair trade web site.

http://www.eshopafrica.com/acatalog/Ga_Coffins.html

http://www.eshopafrica.com/gallery/coffins/coffingallery.html
The Ga who are the original inhabitants of the area around Accra believe that you should be buried in a coffin that reflects how you earned your living.


Underneath the computer mouse chest, they assure us that they can make "any brand, any model or any other piece of IT equipment."
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[identity profile] kightp.livejournal.com 2005-12-02 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
*squeeee!!!*

I'm not sure why, but I'm entranced. A smallish model would work quite nicely for ashes ...

[identity profile] serenejournal.livejournal.com 2005-12-02 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Just "wow".

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2005-12-02 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. Some of those are stunning.
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[personal profile] ckd 2005-12-02 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
The Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam has one like these (the airplane coffin), and I've also seen a cacao pod coffin (which was included in the "Chocolate" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC).

They're as amazing as you'd expect when seen up close.

[identity profile] keryx.livejournal.com 2005-12-02 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
I'd never seen those before - they're amazing!
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[identity profile] pir-anha.livejournal.com 2005-12-02 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
wow, awesome. cool link!
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