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Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/234

Wooden carnival mask representing a devil with two phallic shaped horns. He has incised lines respresenting a mustache, a small hole between the eyebrows and a protruding chin. There is a hole on each side and one at the top. There is a piece of yellow foam stapled on the back lower edge.

  • History Of Use

    Carnival mask representing a devil. 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, polyurethane foam
  • Measurements height 47.0 cm, width 21.0 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 2956/0234

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