Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/BR88 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on webril with black ink. K. Meyers 8/5/2003 From "Descriptive Catalogue of Petroglyph Prints for the University of Washington, from The Dalles Dam Resevoir, 1956." by Mark Hedden, located in the Archaeology Archives: (On horizontal surface) Star with lineur (sic) rays & centered cricle. Bisected ovoid with rays. Simple circle. Nine (at least) standing figures, with fingers & toes marked (usually to the number of three), inlcuding six phallic or tailed figures, and, three with head enclosed by an arc or with extensions suggesting vaginas below outstretched legs. (Since the carvings are executed on a horizontal surface the vertical axis varies according to each individual design. This introduces a problem of interpretation, e.g. vaginas or head encircled by arcs?)
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 by Mark Hedden on January 1, 1956
What
- Name
- Petroglyph Rubbing
- Identification Number
- 2003-52/BR88
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- webril and ink
- Overall
- length 127.0 cm, width 244.475 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