Petroglyph Rubbing Item Number: 2003-52/PE32 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Petroglyph rubbing on long fiber tissue paper with black ink and some red ink. J. Dewhurst 5/22/2006 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: Large and small elk, sheep, herons, standing men and column of horiztonal lines (vertebrae pattern?). Sheep's horns curved back. Elk (large)'s antlers go straight back and curved down, with long tines, seven, on each side. Hooves shown spread. Small elk's antlers are straight, three tines. Herons shown in profile with long legs, oval body, long neck with open mouths.
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/PE32
- Type of Item
- petroglyph rubbing
- Material
- tissue paper and ink
- Overall
- length 137.2 cm, width 100.0 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