Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Fiscal' (supervisor) character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has dark brown-beige skin, large oval black eyes, thick rounded black eyebrows, a closed mouth with downturned red lips, and black hair. His fabric body / tunic is light green with slee...

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Praxedes' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. She has pink-beige skin, black hair, large oval black eyes, thick rounded black eyebrows, and a closed mouth with thin red lips. Her fabric body / tunic is royal blue with sleeves and skirt of a blue...

Calungo hand puppet of a 'Tigre Pintado' (painted tiger) character (the form is more similar to a stuffed animal than a puppet). Head is carved from wood and painted yellow with dark brown spots, and a bright red mouth and red eyes. White whiskers are adhered to the face. The body and tail are co...

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'João Cacunda' character. Head, hands and feet are carved from wood and painted. Hands attach to plastic tubing underneath the fabric. He has grey-pink skin, and short white fuzzy hair, beard, and moustache. He has sunken cheeks, a hooked nose, an open red mouth, and la...

Mamulengo rod (stick) puppet of a woman and child character. Heads, hands and feet are carved from wood. The woman has black skin, large black almond-shaped eyes, red glossy lips, curly black hair made of fibre, and a green and red floral scarf on her head. She wears a long-sleeved brightly-colou...

Mamulengo string puppet (marionette) of a 'Morte' or Death character. Head, hands and feet are carved from wood and painted. The right hand is stylized to resemble the blade of a scythe. He wears a long-sleeved white shirt and white pants, both with black cuffs, a black veil, and black painted bo...

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Diabo' or devil character. He has red skin, short black hair, long blunt horns that extend forward, a pointed chin and hooked nose, and large eyes with red and yellow pupils. His fabric body / tunic is shiny red with a dot pattern, and a long black cape.

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Padre' (priest) character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has light pink-beige skin, wide almond-shaped black eyes, rounded eyebrows, large triangular nose, and a small rectangular mouth with thin red lips. He has painted short black hair. His fabr...

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Bambu' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has yellow-beige skin, large deep-set oval black eyes, thin rounded eyebrows, a pointed nose, and a closed mouth with thin red lips upturne at the corners. The sunken eyes have reddish-purple discolo...

Opera dei Pupi puppet of the character named Agricane (King of Mongolia). Three-dimensional marionette carved of wood (part a) with detachable head (part b) mounted on a long, hooked metal rod. He has a thick black moustache and long goatee. He wears a gold tunic, gold pantaloons adorned with ver...