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  • Collection: Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Dinwoody

SpecColl 01.1941.01_Dinwoody_Paper.pdf
A paper on the Dinwoody archaeological survey

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Dinwoody Plate 1

View of Dinwoody Petroglyph Cliff

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Dinwoody Plate 2

This is the Great Panel at Dinwoody. I would like to explain that the complete panel could not be entirely photographed, so two pictures were matched to give the entire story. The photograph in the book "Washakie" is poor because…

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Dinwoody Plate 3

This panel is a continuation of the Great Panel, shown at the left. It may be called. (1) an Anthropomorphic (2) Zoomorphic or (3) a Symbolic design as to the acceptance of the meaning. It is Antopomorphic if these are women…

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Dinwoody Plate 4

An Anthropomorphic design. This represents a shaman showing his elaborate costume. He is dressed as the buffalo and is shown with several snakes (Zoomorphic). The section through the ccenter represents his belt and conchas.

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Dinwoody Plate 5

An Anthropomorphic panel. This represents two shamen and a shawoman, dressed in costumes. The shamen are costumed as the buffalo with wings, perhaps to show they belong to the spirit-world; the shawoman is dressed to represent the…

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Dinwoody Plate 6

An Anthropmorphic figure of a woman. The artist has devoted himself to a real study of the model. He has showed a decorative design around the neck and a belt around the waist, the female organs and the fact that she has given…

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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 8

An anthropomorphic and zoomorphic panel. There are four anthropmorphic figures; three are of women. The artist has represented the head-dresses and female organs. The figure of an elk (zoomorphic) appears in the center. There are…

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Dinwoody Plate 9

An Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic design showing two medicine men or shamen dressed in elaborate costumes, with the small figure of a bird at the right center. The figure to the right represents a "Storm Man" showing hail,…
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