Large mask made of cardboard with a protruding nose and horns on the forehead. Large headdress consisting of a tall black cone-shaped cardboard hat and semicircular cutout pieces on each side, surrounded by multi-coloured streamers. The mask is part of a costume that also includes a white shirt (2956/200 b), a red skirt (2956/200 c), a white apron (2956/200 d), a red sash (2956/200 e), a mask (2956/200 a), and two bells (2956/200 f-g).

• History Of Use

  Masks and masquerades in Mira (central Portugal) underwent waves of repression and reinvention during the 20th century. Mask making, which dates back at least to the 19th century, began to be restored at the beginning of the 21st century by Alirio Laranjeiro, the town cobbler. The Lagoa Football Club, with João Pinho, invigorated Carnival celebrations by organizing masquerades and encouraging families and supporters to make new masks and costumes, which are now performed at Carnival and civic events.

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• Type of Item mask
• Culture Portuguese
• Material paper, horn, fibre, metal, wood, plastic, paint, adhesive, hair
• Measurements height 105.0 cm, width 77.0 cm, depth 42.0 cm (overall)

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• Creator Caretos da Lagoa
• 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 Mira
• Collected in Portugal

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

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 2956/0200 a