{"id":2819,"date":"2012-11-27T23:34:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T03:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2017-09-27T12:39:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T16:39:37","slug":"fantasy-coffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2012\/11\/27\/fantasy-coffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Coffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in the 1950s, the Ga people of Ghana began a new artistic tradition called &#8220;Fantasy Coffins.&#8221; \u00c2\u00a0The creation of Fantasy Coffins is generally credited to Kane Kwei, a carpenter whose dying uncle had requested that his coffin resemble his fishing boat. \u00c2\u00a0After this coffin was well\u00c2\u00a0received\u00c2\u00a0at the funeral the commissions started to pour in, with people generally requesting coffins that reflected their status and wealth during their lifetime. \u00c2\u00a0Not everyone is allowed a Fantasy Coffin, however; you must be sufficiently successful and, of course, be able to afford one (they are expensive). \u00c2\u00a0The coffin reserved for the most\u00c2\u00a0prestigious\u00c2\u00a0people is the Mercedes Benz, considered by many to be the most expensive and rare car in Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Fantasy Coffin of a Mercedez Benz\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSkwvD2pSOuJodK7vF6TMWT07hj8FmTjLvbGw5gRCoGkj3YHSBWzA\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though most of the people able to afford these coffins are Christian, they are not allowed in Christian Churches (unless it is shaped like a Bible). \u00c2\u00a0This is also due to the fact that many of the death ceremonies that take place incorporate <\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: -5432px;\">bet365 uk online casino bonus and promotions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toponlinecasinobonus.co.uk\/bet365-review\/\">toponlinecasinobonus.co.uk<\/a> bet365 uk online casino bonus code <\/div>\n<p> animist traditions, including animal sacrifice. \u00c2\u00a0Despite these traditional African spiritual practices, Kane Kwei very\u00c2\u00a0emphatically\u00c2\u00a0stated that Fantasy Coffins reside outside of the traditional African art cannon, with many of the coffins taking the shape of distinctly Western objects like cell phones, sneakers, and Coca Cola bottles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Fantasy Coffin of an airplane\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRShBlQTjk587DpI3NawHwV_rf5xpgfXAHAYfWUWNSdEgFZZWmB\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Fantasy Coffin of a cell phone, with a Christian image on the screen\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0rkuYwDsqh4\/UHQKusR5kiI\/AAAAAAAABcg\/i4tRbTJD6E0\/s1600\/colcofnokia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in the 1950s, the Ga people of Ghana began a new artistic tradition called &#8220;Fantasy Coffins.&#8221; \u00c2\u00a0The creation of Fantasy Coffins is generally credited to Kane Kwei, a carpenter whose dying uncle had requested that his coffin resemble his fishing boat. \u00c2\u00a0After this coffin was well\u00c2\u00a0received\u00c2\u00a0at the funeral the commissions started to pour in, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8446,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/8446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}