Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/PE45E from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on webril with brown ink. A. Verplank 2/10/2005 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: "Numerous quadrupeds,birds, and hunters. Large running elk or deer, antlers two pronged, three tines either side. Three herons (?) with open beaks, ovoid bodies, shown standing. Quadruped running, with spiral tail, probably coyote. Hunters, at least four, with one arm raised, poised for throwing. Thirteen mountain sheep or more, horns curved back, standing or running, including two rectangular bodied, with chevron decoration (vertabrae and rib pattern.) Two or more mountain sheep with horns shown frontal."
Geographical Search Terms
Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States
Credit Line
Gift of Mark Hedden
Item History
- Collected by Mark Hedden on January 1, 1956
What
- Name
- Petroglyph Rubbing
- Identification Number
- 2003-52/PE45E
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- webril and ink
- Overall
- length 249.0 cm, width 130.5 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