A taxidermy stuffed and embalmed armadillo from a natural history cabinet: Nine-banded armadillo – Dasypus novemcinctus (Linnaeus, 1757), late eighteenth-century Italy.
Italy end of 18th century.
1900 EURO
Natural specimen from a cabinet of curiosities. A taxidermy stuffed armadillo: Nine-banded Armadillo – Dasypus novemcinctus (Linnaeus, 1757), resting on metal pins under its legs on an octagonal base with distinct, curved feet, made of soft fir wood (Abies Mill. , 1754), and painted in polychrome. Glass paste eyes. Laboratory specimen and natural history cabinet specimen. Late 18th-century Italy.
15,75” – 28 CM H 12” – 40 CM L 9” – 23 CM D
REF: M6270
