REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: Gabon
YEAR PRINTED: 1966
VALUE: 5 francs
This stamp is one of a set of five issued by the Gabonese Republic celebrating traditional masks of the peoples of Gabon. The mask depicted on this stamp is a female ancestor spirit mask (itengi) of the Balumbu people of the Shira group. This group originated in the Republic of Congo but at some point migrated to Gabon.
