Cat and Mouse on a Board19855 1/2 × 5 × 23 3/4"Paint on cottonwood with plastic straw, telephone wire, and staples mounted on wood boardGift of Elizabeth F. Wecter, Animal Carnival, Inc.1985.20.350(including construction) Primitive carved figures of a cat and a mouse with raised front paws mounted on a thin wood plank painted green, the cat ready to pounce on the mouse who is apparently preoccupied by a small morsel of food. The mouse is constructed in two pieces: head, body and forelegs attached to rump and back legs; tail fashioned of plastic drinking straw covered with reed and inserted into hole in back of mouse; inserted black eyes, green nose, paws unpainted, facing small piece of wood painted brown. (food) Figure of cat is constructed in block form and painted with large rectangular spots on white field. Head is blunted at one end and shaped like inverted nostrils and incised yellow eyes with black centers. Tail is made of telephone wire painted black and tacked along RS of body. aaafeet painted black with incised yellow paws. Body glued to four log-shaped legs. Chisel marks apparent on all three forms.152845915Alejandro SandovalSculptureCopyright for this work is under review.Santa FeSanta FeUnited StatesNew MexicoThree Dimensional WorksSanta FeAnimalsSCULPTURE19851985 1985 20 35 AnimalsSCULPTURE