Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/PE42 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 Dam Reservoir, 1956: Two fish in abstract. Irregular curviliniear patterns disginguished by series of parallel diagonals suggesting fins of vertebrae. Compare with carved 'fish' in Portland Art Museum from Sauvios Island.
Credit Line
Gift of Mark Hedden
Geographical Search Terms
Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States
Item History
- Collected on January 1, 1956
What
- Name
- Petroglyph Rubbing
- Identification Number
- 2003-52/PE42
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- tissue paper and ink
- Overall
- length 0.0 cm, width 118.0 cm, height 93.5 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
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
- 0
- Object Category
- Reproduction
- Object Sub Category
- Reproduction, Composite