The Offbeat Coffin Maker

This would bring a new perspective to a funeral if the deceased happened to be a customer!

Tell me, if you were so inclined as to use Mr Sowah's services, what shape would you choose?


Isaac Adjetey Sowah's showroom in a suburb of Accra has some of the most colourful coffins to be found anywhere.


The Bible coffin is one of his more conventional designs. The snail in the background has been ordered by a snail seller.


In the foreground, a pineapple coffin is in its early stages, but Isaac's workshop produces standard box-like coffins as well.


Some clients want to bury their loved ones in something that reflects their trade...


In another showroom, a polished uterus waits to be picked up by a gynaecologist.


Here, an unrepentant heavy drinker has chosen to be buried inside a beer bottle.

Source: BBC News Online