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Car-shaped Coffin

Car-shaped Coffin, 2018

  • Joseph (Paa Joe) Tetteh Ashong, Ghanaian, born 1947

Wood, plexiglass, metal, and fabric

  • Framed: Overall: 41 1/2 × 103 × 43 inches, 405 pounds (105.4 × 261.6 × 109.2 cm, 183.7 kg)

2019.1

Museum Purchase, Funds from the Education General Fund

Collection Highlights

Untitled (Tehuanas in Huipil Grande Headdresses)

Untitled (Tehuanas in Huipil Grande Headdresses), ca. 1940

  • Roberto Montenegro
L'androgyne (The Androgyne)

L'androgyne (The Androgyne), 1946

  • Alice Rahon
And Life Anew...

And Life Anew..., 1940

  • Rita Kernn-Larsen
Peacock-shaped Incense Burner

Peacock-shaped Incense Burner, late 15th - mid 16th century

  • Indian
Car-shaped Coffin

Car-shaped Coffin, 2018

  • Joseph (Paa Joe) Tetteh Ashong
Reading the Fate of the Christ Child

Reading the Fate of the Christ Child, 1667

  • Josefa De Ayala

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