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P. J. Imperato, "The depiction of Beautiful Women in Malian Youth Association Masquerades", African Arts, 27(1)1994
P. J. Imperato, "Bamana and Maninka twin figures", African Arts 8 (4) 1994

Much of the information about these puppets was supplied to the museum from the research of Michel deCombes