Assemblage piece: wooden carved figure wearing a hat (part b) and decorated eye glasses (part c). The figure has a long wide face with a long protruding nose and white teeth, and stands with long thin legs on a wooden base. The glasses, incised and painted in multicoloured designs, are held on by the figure's protruding ears. The hat is black felt with a curving brim and has a brown paper label taped to the front and sides which reads: "Chapeu que foi? de Salazar não há brincadeira".

• Iconographic Meaning

  The translation of the hat's label "Chapéu que foi? de Salazar, não há brincadeira" would translate to English as approx: "Hat that was Salazar's. No joke." António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970) served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, but is generally considered to have ruled as a dictator, like Franco.

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• Type of Item representation
• Culture Portuguese
• Material paint, plastic, paper, wood, glass
• Measurements height 63.0 cm, width 26.5 cm, depth 24.5 cm (part a) height 13.5 cm, width 23.0 cm, depth 29.5 cm (part b) height 9.5 cm, width 34.5 cm, depth 9.0 cm (part c) height 71.0 cm, width 36.0 cm, depth 39.5 cm (overall)

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• Creator David Gomes
• Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
• Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
• Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton

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• Made in Braga
• Collected in Portugal

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• Creation Date during 2003
• Collection Date between 2011 and 2012
• Ownership Date before September 17, 2012
• Acquisition Date on September 17, 2012

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• Item Classes carvings & sculpture
• Condition good
• Accession Number 2956/0157 a-c