REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: Liberia
YEAR PRINTED: 1971
VALUE: 20 cents
This stamp is one of a set of eight celebrating traditional masks of African peoples, none of which strangely is found in Liberia. This stamp depicts a mask from the Pende ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). The mask represented is a minganji, a plant fiber and wood helmet used in adult initiation and funeral rituals.
