Gargoyle
A gargoyle was a Cardassian decorative object, carved in the shape of a Cardassian person and/or animal, often found on bedposts. 

In 2369, while visiting Deep Space 9, the Arbazan ambassador Taxco expressed her distaste at having to sleep another night on a Cardassian bed "with those gargoyles staring from the woodpoles." ()

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Visual art