Castle Garden Plate 12

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PetroglyphsofCastleGardens_Plate12.jpg

Item Metadata

Title

Castle Garden Plate 12

Subject

New Deal, 1933-1939.; Petroglyphs -- Wyoming.

Description

Plate 12 from the Castle Garden collection

An Anthropomorphic Chromopetroglyph of a warrior on a shield. He is depicted holding two feathered spears. The sandstone is badly cracked, but the surface was smooth before the Indian artists engraved this figure. The colors of the figure are the following:
the feathers are white; the face is green and featureless; the neck is purplish-red; the shoulders are orange-yellow; the upper garment is green and the skirt is purlish-red. This is one of the finest figures although the colors are faded. The two zig-zag lines on the shoulders are like those on the Great Turtle. The diameter of the circle is about 16 3/4 inches across.

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_Plate12

Format

JPG

Original Format

Photographic Print

Citation

Ted C. Sowers; Works Progress Administration, “Castle Garden Plate 12,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed May 27, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/2504.