Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/PE41D from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Petroglyph rubbing on long fiber tissue paper with black ink. From "Descriptive Catalogue of Petroglyph Prints for the University of Washington from the Dalles Reservoir, 1956" by Mark Hedden in Archaeology Archives. "Quadruped monster with antlers, apparently, & snout. The 'antlers' may be separate design of concentric arcs with rays. The 'snout' also, as concentric arcs turned on one end. The base design, a sheep which has been elaborated on."

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Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mark Hedden