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 large oval black eyes. His fabric body / tunic is green floral-pattern with blue floral sleeves. A clump of polyester batting is used to give the chest form. The fabric is adhered(?) to the hands and head, and wrapped with shiny blue ribbon at the wrists and neck. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Seu Arquejo' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has brown-beige skin, small deep-set oval black eyes, small rounded eyebrows, large black nostrils, and an open mouth with an exaggerated underbite exposing a row of large teeth. His fabric body / tunic is a green-blue with sleeves and skirt of black with small white dots and florals in shades of pinks, oranges, and yellows. The fabric is adhered(?) to the hands and head, and wrapped with shiny neon green ribbon at the wrists and neck. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.