Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/CR17 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on webril with black ink. A. Frost 3/20/2006 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: Three adjoining rock surfaces, one not printed. Proceeding left to right: standing figure with lineur (sic) body shown upside down, with double arced headdress at base (position of death?). On center panel: various geometric & curivlineur (sic) designs. At right (no print): Four crude Mt. Sheep, horns frontal. Two 'eyes' as centered lozenges. Other designs following no clear pattern.
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/CR17
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- webril and ink
- Overall
- length 175.0 cm, width 89.5 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