Hand Puppet
Item number 3381/41 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number 3381/41 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Hand puppet of a 'Dona Inês' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. She has black skin, almond-shaped black eyes with the left pupil missing, a small triangular nose, an open down-turned mouth with bright red lips, and adhered white hair. Her fabric body / tunic is black with large pink flowers, and sleeves of red and white gingham. The fabric covered foam tubes are adhered to the hands. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.
The puppet represents a character from a form of popular puppet theatre, found in northeastern Brazil, called mamulengo. This type of theatre is prevalent in disenfranchised communities with ancestral ties to colonized Indigenous peoples and uprooted, enslaved Africans. Mamulengo performances are entertaining events that can last all night long, with puppeteers (mamulengueiros) using 70 to 100 puppets in one staging. The stages are pop-up stands (empanadas), made of brightly coloured, floral-printed cloth. The shows consist of short sequences (passagens), or skits from popular stories that expose the inequalities and dramas of everyday life, profiling stock characters such as rich landowners and peasant labourers. The whole is spun together with humour, satire, lively music, and audience commentary.
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Hand puppet of a 'Dona Inês' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. She has black skin, almond-shaped black eyes with the left pupil missing, a small triangular nose, an open down-turned mouth with bright red lips, and adhered white hair. Her fabric body / tunic is black with large pink flowers, and sleeves of red and white gingham. The fabric covered foam tubes are adhered to the hands. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.
The puppet represents a character from a form of popular puppet theatre, found in northeastern Brazil, called mamulengo. This type of theatre is prevalent in disenfranchised communities with ancestral ties to colonized Indigenous peoples and uprooted, enslaved Africans. Mamulengo performances are entertaining events that can last all night long, with puppeteers (mamulengueiros) using 70 to 100 puppets in one staging. The stages are pop-up stands (empanadas), made of brightly coloured, floral-printed cloth. The shows consist of short sequences (passagens), or skits from popular stories that expose the inequalities and dramas of everyday life, profiling stock characters such as rich landowners and peasant labourers. The whole is spun together with humour, satire, lively music, and audience commentary.
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