Object Details
- Collector
- Dr. Christine M. Kreamer
- Donor Name
- National Museum of Natural History
- 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.
- 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."
- Record Last Modified
- 7 Oct 2021
- Specimen Count
- 5
- Culture
- Not Given
- Accession Date
- 28 Mar 2002
- Collection Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 416145
- USNM Number
- E428675-0
- Object Type
- Coffin
- Length - Coffin
- 274 cm
- Width - Coffin
- 88.5 cm
- Height - Coffin
- 103.5 cm
- Length - Lid
- 125 cm
- Width - Lid
- 51.2 cm
- Height - Lid
- 14.5 cm
- Length - Left Wing
- 115 cm
- Width - Object
- 41 cm
- Height - Left Wing
- 17 cm
- Length - Left Wing
- 150 cm
- Width - Right Wing
- 41.5 cm
- Height - Right Wing
- 17 cm
- Place
- Accra, Ghana, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8503004
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3752db7e9-11b7-42bc-9c15-744c4a1ada6d
