This isn't actually about a funeral exhibit, but I have some
interesting photo's from the excavation of a historic Irish/Catholic
cemetery in Wilmington DE. These include shots of a cast iron coffin,
clothing, and the remains of a lid with a viewport. If anyone is
interested.
       Adam Bliss




---Jane Sarre <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> The St Mungo Museum of Religion in Glasgow, opposite what is
referred to as
> the 'necropolis' and the cathedral was planning to do an exhib of (I
think)
> ghanaian coffins in the shape of all kinds of other stuff, combining
them
> with interpretation written by a poet, and using the site.
> Jane
>
>
> >for a cross-cultural perspective look into the artwork of Kane Kwei
or Paa
> >Joe from Ghana, Africa.  You can learn about their coffin building
in a
> >book entitled: Going into Darkness, by Thierry Secretan. Various
> >institutions have commissioned work from these artists over the
years.
> >
> >Jill Brush
> >
>

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