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Fantasy coffins or figurative coffins, also called “FAVs” (fantastic afterlife vehicles) and custom, fantastic, or proverbial coffins (abebuu adekai), [1] are functional coffins made by specialized carpenters in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Paa Joe with a sandal coffin in collaboration with Regula Tschumi for the Kunstmuseum Berne 2006. Paa Joe was born in 1947 at Akwapim in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Joe began his career with a twelve-year apprenticeship as a coffin artist in the workshop of Kane Kwei (1924–1992) in Teshie. [8] In 1976, Joe started his own business in Nungua.
He was a long time considered to be the inventor in the early 1950s of design coffins or fantasy coffins, [1] called Abebuu adekai ("boxes with proverbs") by the Ga people, the dominant ethnic group of the region of Accra. Though, an anthropologist recently published a different story of the origin of the coffins. [2]
Eric Adjetey Anang (pronunciation ⓘ) is a Ghanaian sculptor and fantasy coffin carpenter. He was born in Teshie, Ghana and runs the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop. He currently maintains dual residency and splits his time between Ghana and Madison, Wisconsin, where he is pursuing unique projects. [1] [2]
Ataa Oko and his third wife, with a coffin in the form of a battleship, about 1960 Ataa Oko Addo (c. 1919 – 9 December 2012) [ 1 ] was a Ghanaian builder of figurative palanquins and figurative coffins , and at over 80 years of age he became a painter of Art Brut .
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Kudjoe Affutu (born 1985) is a Ghanaian artist and figurative coffin and palanquin builder. He was born and still lives in Awutu Bawyiase , Central Region , Ghana. Affutu has made a name for himself in Europe by participating in various art projects and exhibitions.