Coffin making is at the lower end of funeral service business and management. it is the first item the funeral directors and mourners pay attention to.

In many instances, it denotes the economic class of the bereaved and the deceased. In Ghana, Abebuu Adekour proverb boxes are considered the very best of sendoff. They reflect the deceased's occupation and preferences in life. they were invented in Ghana in 1960s when a chief died in a coca pod like palanquin in which he was being carried at a festival. He was subsequently buried in it. His vibrant coffin drew alot of admirers and from then on, a tradition was born. Today in Ghana people are buried in these rather colorful coffins. It could be a coca pod frame, a car frame (for drivers ), an airplane one(for pilots) a fish one (for fish mongers) and any other project that was admired by the deceased.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COFFINS AND CASKETS

A Casket is rather a typically rectangular funeral box featuring hinged bars on each side for easy carrying while a coffin is a self-sided funeral box. No amount of elaboration of a coffin/casket can be completed without mentioning the ritual of Christian funerals who place pall (special cloths) over the coffin/casket and a crucifix and a bible upon it. Flowers can be placed on the coffin on the way to and from the church but not within the building.

It is fashionable nowadays to put the coffin/casket on a trolley for better viewing of the body of the deceased. The mourners, in the church and in the courtyard before the final send off to his/her permanent house. A coffin tent is also erected, a wreath laid on the coffin and this is done in the court yard before prayers are conducted.