Hello Karen, sorry .. I must have missed your post further back .. 
, I've just arrived home after a hectic couple of hours in the city with a crowd of musicians. Managed to get absolutely drenched getting from the car to the door, bucketing down, thunder, the whole lot, and after a few minutes, stopped completely of course .. sigh!
Um, Buzz, not quite sure what you are referring to? Coffin? What is it you are looking at?
Oh dear, I think I'd better explain that what you think is a "coffin" is actually a custom made case for my bass viola da gamba which is about the same size as a cello .... and the "witch", if you look closer, is a kookaburra on the wall made from copper from a local gallery ..... 
as are the other Australian birds hung around the walls. The camera isn't exactly a professional one and taken in that kind of light, just getting dark, it's hard to see clearly what is what ... 
It's okay Flannie, it is hard to see exactly what the shapes are, and if they have never seen a viola da gamba case before, it does look a bit like a "coffin" might ... it's a wonderful work of art and made by the same luthier who built the instrument for me, a wonderful artisan who lives in Castlemaine. The design is the Fleur de Lys that I requested he add to it and it's on the instrument as well, because it reminds me of Quebec xx
