Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/PE50 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on burlap with brown ink. A. Verplank 1/13/2005 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: "Feline face outline with long, vertically oriented, snake body and two smaller heads (bird-heads?) attached. Possibly related to NW Coast 'Sisiutl' (See Boas on Kwakiutl Mythology and Secret Societies.) Three birds (or seals?) in profile, in procession. Attached by horizontal parallel lines."
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/PE50
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- burlap and ink
- Overall
- length 137.0 cm, width 97.5 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