Traditional Hairdos And Headdresses On Stamps

Nice one, Eli!
Here are also dancers and their feathery head-dress

St. Kitts
Christmas 1988

Welcome to Israel!!!

The first set of stamps I posted in this thread is the set shows traditional African hairdos issued by Central African Republic in 1967. This is because it is my favorite set of this subject and actually it encouraged me to start this thread.

I added to my collection a set of 4 Sunken Die Proofs of this set signed by the engraver Pierre Béquet. Here they are, missing the 10F.:

I scanned the central area of each proof to show the great engraving in details:

In page 5 of this thread, I posted the original photo used to design the stamp of Mossi woman hair style. I added to my collection the set of stamps, designed and engraved by Claude Jumelet and issued by Upper Volta on January 24, 1973:

Floral Headdresses, issued by French Polynesia on October 24, 1984:

Polynesian Hats, issued by French Polynesia on June 20, 1984:

Women of Guadeloupe wearing traditional hats, designed and engraved by Pierre Munier and Raoul Serres and issued for use in Guadeloupe in 1947 as part of definitive set:

Senegalese women and their traditional hats, definitive stamps issued by Senegal in 1998 and 2002:

The Lady of Elx or Lady of Elche is a limestone bust that was discovered in 1897, at La Alcudia, an archaeological site south of Elche, Spain. the Lady of Elche is believed to have a direct association with Tanit, the goddess of Carthage. The bust represents a woman wearing an elaborate headdress and large wheel-like coils (known as rodetes) on each side of the face.

The Lady of Elche, issued by Spain on July 23, 1969:


Caricature of the Lady of Elche, issued by Spain on September 22, 2000:

Regional Headdresses, issued by Czechoslovakia on August 31, 1977 to publicize the Praga '78 stamp exhibition;


Two different FDC's with different commemorative postmarks;

Traditional Hairdos, issued by Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) in January 1983:

Traditional hairdo of Lamido woman, designed and engraved by Georges-Leo Degorce and issued for use in Cameroun on June 12, 1939:

Viva el Pelo, by the Spanish painter Julio Romero de Torres (1874-1930) emphasis her hairdo, issued by Spain on March 24, 1965:

Traditional hairdo of Sakalava chief, designed by Henri Cayon, engraved by Georges Hourriez and issued for use in Madagascar on December 8, 1930:

Japan SC#150 1915 4s

Madagascar SC#271 1946 40fr