Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/BR94 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on webril with black ink. A. Arnold 1/30/2004 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: "Bird, body formed of three parallel lines, wings in rake pattern curving up. Heart-shaped head with 'ears' (?) and short center vertical. Eyes shown as dots. Tail forked, with rake pattern on inner edges. ('Ears' may represent tufts as are found on owls, or perhaps, whole figure might be better interpreted as bat.) Small lineur (sic) figure, below right, with circular head, straight body with tail or phallus, arms or forelegs curving up, legs spread."
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/BR94
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- webril and ink
- Overall
- length 127.0 cm, width 161.29 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