Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/BR25 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on long fiber tissue paper with black ink. A. Gillespie 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 Archive: "Monster". Stemmed body with circular head, midsection marked by five, short parallel lines, crossing at right angles to stem; arms & legs doubled, forming zigzag patterns cross (sic) stem, and terminate, in two places with claws (two short arcs directed up). Also two lineur (sic) figures with limbs outstretched, and terminating in two spread appendages. One has short irregular attachment ( navelcord?) to midsection. Other has circular body.
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/BR25
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- tissue paper and ink
- Overall
- length 67.31 cm, width 101.6 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