REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: Democratic Republic of Congo
YEAR PRINTED: 1997
VALUE: 5 centimes
The Democratic Republic of Congo has rich and diverse masquerading traditions. On its 5 centimes note, issued in 1997, the obverse portrays a helmet (hemba) mask of the Suku people, used in boy’s adulthood ceremonies. The reverse portrays a traditional Zande harp.
