Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Chica' character. Carved from wood and painted. She has black skin, wide dark green eyes, and a slightly open mouth with dark red lips. She wears a dress made of two different floral-patterned fabrics with orange ribbon lining the neckline and belting the waist, and a dark teal ribbon with orange lace around the cuffs and along the hem of each layer of the skirt. She has long brown hair that is tied back with a scarf. She holds a round woven basket in her hands. Her boots are painted brown.

Mamulengo hand puppet (part a) of a 'Quitéria' character. Carved from wood and painted. She has light pink skin, wide medium brown eyes, and a slightly open mouth with large red lips. She wears a dress made of four different patterned fabrics with gold ribbon lining the neckline, belting the waist, and between the lower fabrics of the skirt. She has long brown hair with a flower on the right side of her head, and her face is painted with green eye shadow, long black lashes, and dark pink-red circles of blush. The fabric is adhered to the hands. Her boots are painted black, and part of her foot has broken off (part b).

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Sargento' (sergeant) character. Carved from wood and painted. He has orange-beige skin, wide black eyes, nose, and a closed mouth with thin red lips. He wears a carved dark green cap over painted black hair. He wears a dark teal collared shirt that is belted at the waist with shiny light green ribbon, and dark emerald green pants. The fabric is adhered to the hands, and wrapped with shiny light green ribbon at the wrist. His boots are painted black.

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Simão' (Simon) character. Carved from wood and painted. He has light orange-beige skin, wide black eyes, rounded eyebrows, large triangular nose, thin moustache, and red lips around a slightly open mouth. He has short black hair made from fake fur that is adhered to the head. He wears a horizontally-striped collared shirt, and royal blue pants. The fabric is adhered to the hands, and head. The hands are carved to define the fingers, and the boots are painted black.

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Médico' (doctor) character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has pink skin, wide black eyes, sculpted eyebrows, large triangular nose, full moustache and beard, and a closed mouth with red lips. He has painted short black hair, that is covered by a white fabric hat with a red medical cross. His fabric body / tunic is white. The fabric is adhered to the hands and head, and wrapped with shiny white ribbon at the wrists and neck. Attached to his left hand is a an oversized white syringe marked with amounts on the side. The hands are carved to define the fingers. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Cachoeira de Tapagé' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has light beige skin, wide oval black eyes, rounded eyebrows, a pointed nose, and a wide grinning mouth. He has painted black hair. His fabric body / tunic is dark red with sleeves and skirt of a green fabric with large yellow, red, and orange-pink flowers. The fabric is adhered(?) to the hands and head, and wrapped with shiny brown ribbon at the wrists and neck. He holds a green liquor bottle in his left hand. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Tapagé de Cachoeira' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has dark brown skin, slanted oval black eyes, small rounded eyebrows, a large nose, large black moustache, and a closed mouth. His fabric body / tunic is light green. The sleeves are a red fabric with large blue flowers, and small white and green flowers, and the skirt is dark blue with red flowers and green or blue leaves. The fabric is adhered(?) to the hands and head, and wrapped with shiny dark green ribbon at the wrists and neck. He holds a small string instrument in his right hand, which has a pink-red strap that extends over his left shoulder. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

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 sleeves and skirt from a red with blue and white floral fabric. The fabric is adhered(?) to the hands and head, and wrapped with shiny red 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 '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 with purple and yellow flower fabric. The fabric is adhered(?) to the hands and head, and wrapped with shiny red ribbon at the wrists and neck. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

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 covered with a faux fur of yellow with dark brown spots. Depicted with only one leg in front and one in back.