Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/BR7 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on long fiber tissue paper with black ink. K. Meyers 7/17/2003 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: "Two phallic men formed as one vertical, or, vertical stem with three pronged base, & six appendages. (Of all the designs on the two adjoining rock surfaces of Br 6 & 7, this was the only one so weathered that no distinction in color could be made out between the worked surface & the natural surface of rock.) Other designs include, a rectangular bodied mt sheep or goat, with horns straight back; two lineur (sic) men on lineur (sic) horses (one had been destroyed before print was made)."
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/BR7
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- tissue paper and ink
- Overall
- length 100.965 cm, width 88.9 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