Castle Garden Plate 11
Item Metadata
Title
Castle Garden Plate 11
Subject
New Deal, 1933-1939.; Petroglyphs -- Wyoming.
Description
Plate 11 from the Castle Garden collection
A complex panel of shields and possibly drums. The shield to the extreme left is a chromopetroglyph. Four heads complete the design and a green band was painted across each face. Below it is the figure of a buffalo. The circle to the right of the yard stick contains the figures of two prong horn antelopes. To the right may be seen a man with a spear. The circle to the right of this figure represents two birds, sage or grouse. Above this a shield represents what appears to be the sun symbols. To the right of this is another shield with many inner circles and two feathers at the top right. Below this may be seen a circle containing two weasels, usual sign of a medicine man. To the right of this, the four quarters of the moon is represented. Below this, a shield containing six bear claws radiating from a central circle. The last shield is complex with zig-zag, lightning like lines of a symbolic nature. This is probably the best group of shields to be seen at Castle Gardens. They are beginning to erode badly and the uppermost circle is practically gone. The paint on the one circle is also hard to trace.
A complex panel of shields and possibly drums. The shield to the extreme left is a chromopetroglyph. Four heads complete the design and a green band was painted across each face. Below it is the figure of a buffalo. The circle to the right of the yard stick contains the figures of two prong horn antelopes. To the right may be seen a man with a spear. The circle to the right of this figure represents two birds, sage or grouse. Above this a shield represents what appears to be the sun symbols. To the right of this is another shield with many inner circles and two feathers at the top right. Below this may be seen a circle containing two weasels, usual sign of a medicine man. To the right of this, the four quarters of the moon is represented. Below this, a shield containing six bear claws radiating from a central circle. The last shield is complex with zig-zag, lightning like lines of a symbolic nature. This is probably the best group of shields to be seen at Castle Gardens. They are beginning to erode badly and the uppermost circle is practically gone. The paint on the one circle is also hard to trace.
Type
Image
Creator
Ted C. Sowers; Works Progress Administration
Is Part Of
Ted C. Sowers Papers and Photographs, SpecColl 01.1941.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoCG_Plate11
Format
JPG
Original Format
Photographic Print
Collection
Citation
Ted C. Sowers; Works Progress Administration, “Castle Garden Plate 11,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed May 27, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/2500.