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Chicken coffin - This casket lends a whole new meaning to being cooped up. It's just one of many coffins designed at the famous Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop in Ghana.
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Shoe coffin - Correct shoe size is important, so why not a made-to-measure casket?
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Mercedes coffin - You could almost say this is a hearse and coffin rolled into one!
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Streamlined coffin - Look at the fins on this casket. Perfect for those in a hurry to get in the ground.
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Outboard engine coffin - Guaranteed to propel you towards the meeting with your maker... Or it's just a really cool coffin!
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Vegetable coffin - You can carry on eating your greens into the next life.
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Lincoln coffin replica
- End your days as the 16th president of the United States did.
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Crab coffin - Ideal for those who want to end up on the seabed.
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Glass coffin - Made totally of glass, this casket has a macabre see-through quality.
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Egg coffin - You'll crack up shelling out for this kind of coffin.
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Plane coffin - Well, this is one way of reaching heaven. A flight of fancy if ever there was one.
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Dumpster coffin - What a dump! But there's no accounting for taste.
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Train coffin - You'll end up on the right track in this first-class casket.
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Golden eagle coffin - An American might feel that resting in peace with a bald eagle in tow is quite the patriotic thing to do.
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Triple coffin
- They say three's a crowd, but this could work out rather cozy.
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Longhorn coffin - Perfect for a ranch hand on an eternal cattle drive.
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Rolls Royce coffin - Surely the only way to roll up to a cemetery...
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Fish coffin - They fill 'em to the gills in this kind of coffin.
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Boat coffin - This design makes a burial at sea a realistic option.
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Shellfish coffins - The shell of your former self will rest easy in these crustaceans.
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Jet coffin - Jetting off to the other side? This casket will get you there in double quick time.
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Fantasy beast coffin - This is enough to frighten off any grave robber.
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Goldfish coffin - If goldfish memory is real, you won't want to find out too late that you bought this coffin!
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Lion coffin - Ending up in a casket like this means you can die with pride knowing you'll be sleeping with a lion every night.
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Lion coffin - Seriously, resting in peace in a coffin like this will seem more like a catnap.
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Money coffin - Dying always comes at a price, but if you're rich enough you can depart this world in considerable style.
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Money coffin
- In fact, your burial costs will be on display for all to see, including your accountant! See also: The leading causes of death around the world.
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Lifting the lid off fantasy coffins
A creative way to rest in peace
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Fancy departing this world in style? Well, burials needn't be boring. In fact, at the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop in Ghana, they specialize in designing fantasy coffins that have become symbolic of African artistic creativity. Indeed, some of these caskets are so bizarre that they've ended up on display at the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston, Texas. What's more, there's also a company in England that makes bespoke boxes for the more discerning corpse.
Browse this gallery and lift the lid off a collection of crazy coffins.
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