Armadilloc. 19847 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 18 1/2"House paint on cottonwoodGift of Elizabeth F. Wecter, Animal Carnival, Inc.1985.20.10(including construction) Highly stylized carving of armadillo with long snout and straight tail carved of single piece of wood. Standing on four cylindrical legs ending in pad feet with short wooded toes inserted in tips; painted armored plates with graphic pattern of brown triangles on beige ground in midsection, orange dots on brown ground either end of armor and head. Thick tail with ring-stripes of brown and beige. Head with very long snout points down and R with two hollowed nostrils at blunt end of nose; incised eyes are white circles with black centers, incised mouth. Triangular notch each side of body continues as groove on underside.152811880David AlvarezSculptureCopyright for this work is under review. in pencil underside: 'DAVID / ALVAREZ'Santa FeSanta FeUnited StatesNew MexicoThree Dimensional WorksSanta FeSCULPTURE19791989 1985 20 1 SCULPTURE