REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: Zambia
YEAR PRINTED: 1992
VALUE: 10 kwachaa
This stamp, issued by the Zambian government in 1992, celebrates the mwanapweu, more often written mwana pwo, mask of the Chokwe people, who inhabit Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zambia. The mask represents a beautiful young woman and is used to invoke the spirit of a female ancestor during entertainment dances at festivals.
