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  • Collection: Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Dinwoody

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Dinwoody Plate 64

An anthropomorphic panel. A phallic male is represented above two figures of unknown meaning. The two lower figures may represent a dead or sick man lying down and a shaman standing over him.

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Dinwoody Plate 65

An anthropomorphic figure showing what seems to be a papoose on a cradle board.

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Dinwoody Plate 66

Pictograph representing a woman playing the "Rope Game" with the stiff rawhide loop held in one hand. It appears that she is jumping thru the loop.

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Dinwoody Plate 67

An anthropomorphic design (right) showing the figure of a man. To the left is seen a symbolic design.

It would also appear that both figures are unfinished, as the left design may also have been intended to be a bird, if the…

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Dinwoody Plate 68

An anthropomorphic and zoomorphic design showing the figure of a man to the right, a bird in the center and a lizard to the left.

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Dinwoody Plate 69

An anthropomorphic design. It would also appear that the man is mourning, judging from the position of the hands and "turned down" mouth.

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Dinwoody Plate 7

This is the complete panel of the preceding figure (Plate 6). The following is my own interpretation. At the right we see the same woman who has given birth to twins. This multiple birth was considered a disgrace to any Indian…

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Dinwoody Plate 70

An anthropomorphic and zoomorphic panel representing deer, elk and mountain sheep, with the figure of a shaman, and to the right a meat rack (?). The man appears to be a great hunter, judging that the lower left figure represents…

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Dinwoody Plate 71

An anthropomorphic design. Two hunters chasing an elk. The one man is not riding the elk, he is behind the animal but the artist had no other way of presenting this action. An unknown or symbolic figure appears below. The one…

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Dinwoody Plate 72

The two figures to the left represent two women playing the "rope game". The lower figure is holding the rawhide loop in her hands. The smaller figures to the right are men that appear to be in the action of the "Wolf…
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