Mask Item Number: 2956/236 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Carved wooden mask with a stretched face and drooping chin and jowls. Incised lines on head. Six holes along the edges. Twine attached at back.
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.
Mask represents Jorge Nuno Pinto Da Costa, the chairman of FC Porto (Portuguese football club), a rival of the president of FC Sport Lisboa e Benefica (see mask 2956/235).