Mask
MOA: University of British Columbia
2956/233
Unpainted wooden carnival mask representing Christ wearing a 'crown of thorns'. Incised lines represent hair, a mustache and beard. There's a hole on each side and one at the top.
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History Of Use
Carnival mask representing Christ. Many of Adão de Castro Almeida’s carved masks focus on popular Carnavelesque characters including devils, Christ and authority figures.
- Type of Item mask
- Culture Portuguese
- Material wood
- Measurements height 30.0 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 14.5 cm (overall)
- Creator Adao de Castro Almeida
- Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
- Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton
- Made in Lazarim
- Collected in Portugal
- Creation Date during 2011
- Collection Date between 2011 and 2012
- Ownership Date before September 17, 2012
- Acquisition Date on September 17, 2012
- Condition good
- Accession Number 2956/0233