Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/BR23 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 Archaeology Archives: "Monster". Unique geometric design based on center stem & crosspiece with curvilineur elaborations (compare with Cra 1): Lower part a wheel with six spokes, midsection (intersection of horizontal) circled, with various tangent arcs. Face is roughly heart-shaped, with eyedots emphasized by goggle outline. Headdress of four short vertical rays. A doubled angular appendage attached to each cheek, and to wheel at base. Center stem ends in three pronged 'tail'.
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/BR23
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- tissue paper and ink
- Overall
- length 78.105 cm, width 100.33 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