Sunday, July 29, 2012

Sunday Stamps: Indian Art


These fifteen cent Indian Art stamps were issued by the United States Postal Service in 1980. The envelope I received in the mail used two of the four designs in the series.

The first mask comes from the Heiltsuk people who originally lived on the coast of British Columbia. The middle mask is from the Chilkat Tlingit who came from Alaska. The masks were typically used for ceremonial purposes.

4 comments:

VioletSky said...

I find masks to be scary. my brother collects them. figures, eh?

viridian said...

really neat! thank you for participating.

Helen said...

Very nice stamps. I love the masks.

Postcardy said...

The masks are very beautiful, but kind of scary.

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