Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

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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.

  • 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).

  • 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