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709-26. Fantasy coffins from Ghana shaped as objects (fish, canoe, leopard, chicken, bull, crab etc.) representative of the life of the deceased in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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Doha, Qatar, February 29, 2010  Fish basket with hamoor on ice in fish market in Al Wakra, south from Doha. Qatar, February 5, 2010  Boxes with hammour fish on sale in Central Fish Market. Doha, Qatar, February 29, 2010  Sale team with King Fish in Central Fish Market. Doha, Qatar, February 29, 2010  Workers holding a large fish in Central Fish Market. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2011  Vendor refreshing mackerel(?) fish in Central Fish Market. Doha, Qatar, February 29, 2010  Worker carrying a large fish in Central Fish Market. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2011  Shopping for large fish in wholesale Central Fish Market. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2011  Large masses of hammour and snapper(?) fish in Central Fish Market. Doha, Qatar, February 29, 2010  Homour fish (Brown spotted grouper) in Wholesale Fish Market. Doha, Qatar, February 17, 2012  Fisherman with a large fish posing in wholesale Central Fish Market. 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