Animalia seems to be a piece of a collection that every culture all over the world would have their own version of. Most cultures create stories and art about animals in their region. For example, Mesoamericans would have created artifacts of animals that live in the jungles of central America like snakes, or jaguars. And i a European cabinet of curiosity from this time period, it may not have been uncommon to find a Mesoamerican artifact of the animalia kind. This could have been brought over during the trans-Atlantic trade between the Americas and Europe. Or it could have simply been acquired by an explorer or conqueror.

The picture of this "basiliskos" seems as though it is exotic. However, by the way that this piece is persevered, we can infer that at one point this animal was alive. But we can not be too sure as to what it was. We can only assume that it is maybe a serpent-like creature.

Work cited: “The Cabinet of Curiosities - Google Arts & Culture.” Google, Google, artsandculture.google.com/theme/the-cabinet-of-curiosities/4QKSkqTAGnJ2LQ?hl=en. Accessed 27 Oct. 2024.