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Petroglyph rubbing on burlap 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: "Monster with body of two concentric rings & an oval in the center, all bisected by a vertical stem, which forms the neck as well as the center prong of a forked tail formation. Small heart-shaped head, with eyes, the only features, indicated by two dots. Headdress of two hornlike devices curving off at either side with a short central vertical. Two u-shaped appendages on the upper portion of the body may be flippers of a sort. Other figures include, a series of concentric rings with two or three irregular appendages, and what appears to be a smaller version of the main figure, having one ring for the boday with a bisecting stem, a similar three fold tail, and a smaller ring for the head with a central dot. There appears to be lineur extensions from the head but no clear pattern emerges. The boulder and the carving are weathered and considerably worn, and, as both 'monster' designs are shown upside down, it is possible that the rock has been tilted by some action, since the carving were made."

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Gift of Mark Hedden

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