This wooden Sicilian puppet represents Ubaldo, a Muslim warrior characterised by his skin colour and the symbols on his shield. He wears a dark red and gold velvet tunic under his embossed armour and his trousers are made of damask fabric. It has the particularity of breaking in two during a fight in the play.
Salvatore Bumbello's father, Luciano, was a Sicilian puppet master, Salvatore is a puppeteer and – he hopes – his three kids will follow in his footst ...