Petroglyph Rubbing

Item number 2003-52/CR9 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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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."

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

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Gift of Mark Hedden

Item History

Collected by Mark Hedden on January 1, 1956

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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