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The Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop is a studio established in Teshie, Ghana, since the 1950s. It is known for its design coffins that became symbolic of African artistic creativity. It featured the talents of several artists who would go on to gain fame as fantasy coffin sculptors, including Paa Joe, Kane Kwei, Eric Kwei, Cedi Kwei, and the lead of the shop at Kane Kwei's death, Theophilius Nii Anum Sowah.

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The Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop is a studio established in Teshie, Ghana, since the 1950s. It is known for its design coffins that became symbolic of...

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Teshie

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Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop Popular design coffins were created in Teshie and debuted in the 1950s by artist Seth Kane Kwei. The Kane Kwei Carpentry...

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Fantasy coffin

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1985, Eric Adjetey Anang is the grandson of Seth Kane Kwei. He has run the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop with his father Cedi since 2005, after graduating...

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Eric Adjetey Anang

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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...

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Funeral

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fish, crab, boat, and even airplanes. The Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop in Teshie, named after Seth Kane Kwei who invented this new style of coffin, has...

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Guy Warren

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buried in a coffin designed as a drum by Eric Adjetey Anang of Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop. Ghanaba's parents were Susana Awula Abla Moor and Richard Mabuo...

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Theophilus Nii Anum Sowah

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chief apprentice in the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop where he worked ahead of other artists like Paa Joe. Ever since Kane Kwei's death in 1992, Nii Anum...

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Ataa Oko

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funerals, of the coffins of Ataa Oko Ado and Eric Adjetey Anang (Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop). Philippe Lespinasse, Grand Angle Production. Art Brut African...

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