Airplane-Shaped Coffin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Christine M. Kreamer
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED AIRPLANE-SHAPED COFFIN HAS DETACHABLE SIDE WINGS AND LID. HAS 1 SET OF FRONT WHEELS AND 2 OTHER SETS IN MIDDLE. UNDERSIDE & WHEELS ARE PAINTED SILVER, THEN WHITE. BOTH SIDES ARE PAINTED DARK-BLUE WITH THE TOP SIDES A TURQUOISE BLUE. TAILS & WINGS ARE PAINTED WHITE. ON TAIL IS PAINTED THE KLM NAME AND LOGO. ROW OF 8 WINDOWS ALONG EACH SIDE; 7 WINDOWS ALONG FRONT OF COCKPIT. 2 DOOR OUTLINES ALONG EACH SIDE. CAVITY IS LINED WITH YELLOW FOAM, THEN COVERED WITH RED CLOTH WHICH IS NAILED INTO INTERIOR. HOT PINK SATIN CLOTH COVERS THE INTERIOR, NOT SEWN AT THE BOTTOM. WINDOW INTERIOR COVERED WITH FOIL CHRISTMAS WRAPPING. MANUFACTURER STICKERS "PAA JOE CARPENTRY WORKS, P.O. BOX 71 TESHIE, ACCRA - GHANA." NOTE: PART OF MIDDLE LANDING GEAR DETACHED, WINGS ARE DETACHED.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Paa Joe follows his artistic intuition in detailing designer coffins. He used Christmas wrapping paper in the windows of this KLM 747 jumbo jet."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Accra, Ghana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416145
label: USNM Number
content: E428675-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coffin
physicalDescription: label: Length - Coffin
content: 274 cm
label: Width - Coffin
content: 88.5 cm
label: Height - Coffin
content: 103.5 cm
label: Length - Lid
content: 125 cm
label: Width - Lid
content: 51.2 cm
label: Height - Lid
content: 14.5 cm
label: Length - Left Wing
content: 115 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 41 cm
label: Height - Left Wing
content: 17 cm
label: Length - Left Wing
content: 150 cm
label: Width - Right Wing
content: 41.5 cm
label: Height - Right Wing
content: 17 cm