Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/CR9 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on long fiber tissue paper with black ink. B. Avery 1/23/2004 From "Descriptive Catalogue of Petroglyph Prints for the University of Washington, from The Dalles Dam Resevoir, 1956." by Mark Hedden, located in the Archaeology Archives: "Cradleboard with infant? (Illustrated in Steward, Pet. of U.S.). Body shown as a bulging ladder, topped by a circular head with rays. Eyes shown as two dots outlined by gogglelike apparatus (bisected oval). Curious bulb figure above suggests root of some kind. Components are a central vertical bisecting an irregular oval & continuing a little further above, where two wavy appendages branch out. Short rays or branches or rootlets are attached to the central bulb below, at irregular intervals."
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/CR9
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- tissue paper and ink
- Overall
- length 0.0 in, width 0.0 in, height 0.0 in, diameter 0.0 in, circumference 0.0 in, weight 0.0 oz
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