Wooden mask used in the Festival of Saint Stephen

Wooden mask, used in the Festival of Saint Stephen, on December 26th and January 1st. It was collected by D. Sebastião Pessanha and consists of a type of mask used in the traditional winter festivals of the region of Trás-os-Montes, in the northeast of Portugal, also generally referred to as "Young men's Festivals", which until the mid-twentieth century constituted in these communities important rites of passage for male youngsters to adulthood.