Petroglyph Rubbing
Item number 2003-52/BR36 from the The Burke: University of Washington.
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Description
Petroglyph rubbing on long fiber tissue paper with black ink. L. Boyd 7/29/2003 From "Descriptive Catalogue of Petroglyph Prints for the University of Washington, from The Dalles Dam Resevoir, 1956." by Mark Hedden, located in the Archaeology Archive: Star, with eight lineur (sic) points around centered circle. Starting from one of these points, an arc veers over to another figure adjacent in the form of an irregular quadrangle which includes a circle (eye?) inside and has three short rays on two adjacent sides. The long sides of the figure are extended at one end. A wavy or snake pattern appears at upper right with two standing figures, one using a rake body pattern. Another standing figure has a circle head, arms bent into two small circles at sides, and legs also forming a circle. The largest figure has a central stem with a three pronged termination, an irregular oval or heart which enclosesthe greater part of the "body" stem, &, enclosed, various concentric or doubled arcs & lineur (sic) patterns which are roughly balanced on either side of the stem.
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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
Item History
- Collected by Mark Hedden on January 1, 1956
What
- Name
- Petroglyph Rubbing
- Identification Number
- 2003-52/BR36
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- tissue paper and ink
- Overall
- length 101.6 cm, width 114.3 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Who
- Field Collector
- Mark Hedden
When
- Collection Date
- on January 1, 1956
Other
- Accession Number
- 2003-52
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Reproduction
- Object Sub Category
- Reproduction, Composite
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