Mask
MOA: University of British Columbia
2956/238
Carved wooden mask. Face has eight crease lines on the forehead, a long protruding nose and an open mouth showing teeth. Incised lines for hair.
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Iconographic Meaning
Mask representing Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas, currently Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal's conservative party, the Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular (CDS-People's Party).
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History Of Use
Carnival mask. The mask makers of Lazarim have their own unique individual styles and distinctive repertoire of character types; José António da Silva Costa specializes in caricatures of public personalities.
- Type of Item mask
- Culture Portuguese
- Material wood
- Measurements height 36.5 cm, width 20.0 cm, depth 15.0 cm (overall)
- Creator Jose Antonio da Silva Costa
- 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 2956/0238