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Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/219

Carved wooden carnival mask depicting a man's face with sharp teeth and protruding nose and lower lip. A snake head with a protruding tongue projects from the man's forehead. Burnt decoration indicates hair, eyebrows and a pattern on the snake body.

  • Type of Item mask
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material wood
  • Measurements height 53.0 cm, width 16.0 cm, depth 34.0 cm (overall)
  • Creator Joao Manuel Esteves
  • Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
  • Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton
  • Made in Ousilhao
  • Collected in Portugal
  • Creation Date before 2010
  • Collection Date between 2011 and 2012
  • Ownership Date before September 17, 2012
  • Acquisition Date on September 17, 2012
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2956/0219

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