REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: Burkina Faso (Rep. of Upper Volta)
YEAR PRINTED: 1960
VALUE: 5 francs
This stamp is one of a series celebrating the masks of Bwa and Gurunsi people issued by the Republic of Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso) when it was a self-governing French colony. This mask represents a bush spirit in the form of a monkey.
