Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/WA19 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on burlap with red and blue paint. L. Boyd 7/2/03 From "Descriptive Catalogue of Petroglyph Prints for the University of Washington, from The Dalles Dam Resevoir, 1956." by Mark Hedden: Large face with heart-shaped outline, curved eyebrows & straight nose-ridge in high relief, ovoid eyes, and short mouth line with perpendicular serrations forming a rake pattern. (Mouth suggests an old woman as well as a simplified manner of representing teeth.) Very shallow marks of carving outside the face outline, include a centered circle. (suggests in some ways a breast.)
Geographical Search Terms
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/WA19
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- burlap
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted
- Overall
- length 137.16 cm, width 85.09 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Mark Hedden
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
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