The picture was taken for a 1997 Washington Post story on Ghanian funerals. I think that motivation for such ornate coffins is probably best summed up by one the coffin artisans: The deceased may have been poor in life, Joseph Tetteh said, but "when they die, no more poor."
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this just gave me an idea we could use. The boxes that I want the audience members to sit in can be designed by a carpenter but decorated by cast members based on their relationship with the history of death!
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