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Breastfeeding mother. Stamp, Burkina Faso 1985

Bronze statue. Burkinabe craftsmanship. Michel 1050-53, Yvert 682-84 (684)

Dimensions: 42 x 30 mm

SectionPhilately
MaterialPaper
ContinentAfrica
Year1985

In Burkina Faso, as in the rest of Africa, many ethnic groups often depict motherhood in art in the form of women with large breasts breastfeeding, either in carved wood or in lost-wax bronze.
Toothed 12 1/2.

In Burkina Faso, as in the rest of Africa, many ethnic groups often depict motherhood in art in the form of women with large breasts breastfeeding, either in carved wood or in lost-wax bronze.
Toothed 12 1/2.