The latex puppet has bark-like skin, small branch-like arms, resin eyes, and a long snout. It is painted to resemble tree bark. The bottom is open so a puppeteer could place his hand inside and operate it for the scenes in its cage.
Seen in the Star Trek: TNG season five episode #210 “New Ground,” which aired the week of January 6, 1992. The Corvan gilvos were a stick-like animal indigenous to the rainforests of Corvan II. Gilvos were uniquely suited to live in trees, as they closely resembled a tree branch. Their eating habits were like Earth's extinct Draco lizards. Though they had no clearly visible head, they did have several jointed appendages on the frontal part of their body. Their habitat was threatened by industrial pollutants on Corvan II, and by 2368, there were only fourteen gilvos left in the wild. That year, the Enterprise-D transported two gilvos to the protected planet of Brentalia. The gilvos were momentarily threatened by a fire that broke out aboard the ship during their transport in the biolab, but Commander William T. Riker was able to save the animals at Alexander Rozhenko's insistence. The latex puppet has bark-like skin, small branch-like arms, resin eyes, and a long snout. It is painted to resemble tree bark. The bottom is open so a puppeteer could place his hand inside and operate it for the scenes in its cage. Heritage Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction #7392, Lot 429, Thursday July 17, 2025 - Michael Westmore.
