REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: Liberia
YEAR PRINTED: 1971
VALUE: 25 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 masquerader of the Bamileke people of Cameroon. This mask is used by the Kuosi Society, attendants to the chief (fon), and represents the much respected elephant.