Castle Garden Plate 18
Item Metadata
Title
Castle Garden Plate 18
Subject
New Deal, 1933-1939.; Petroglyphs -- Wyoming.
Description
Plate 18 from the Castle Garden collection
A very complex Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic panel. To the lower left appears a blanket with fringes. Beside this, a buffalo is represented with several arrowshafts or lances thrust through the back. To the right of this figure appears a hide stretcher. To the upper left three phallic figures may be seen. The shield beside these figures appears to have two men behind it. On the shield itself appears a sort of sun symbol with a phallic design in the center. To the right appears a long feathered arrowshaft, the point of the arrow being below the crack in the sandstone. To the right of the arrowshaft, upon close inspection, the figure of a woman with fringed skirt will be recognized. One arm is raised and in the center of this figure a smaller figure can be seen with the female sign. To the left a bow and arrowshaft appears and probably indicates that the woman and her child had been killed by this means. To ther ight of this figure, two buffalo may be seen, both killed by shafts or lances and below them the head or mask of a human. More tool-grooves and symbolic designs appear at the extreme right.
A very complex Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic panel. To the lower left appears a blanket with fringes. Beside this, a buffalo is represented with several arrowshafts or lances thrust through the back. To the right of this figure appears a hide stretcher. To the upper left three phallic figures may be seen. The shield beside these figures appears to have two men behind it. On the shield itself appears a sort of sun symbol with a phallic design in the center. To the right appears a long feathered arrowshaft, the point of the arrow being below the crack in the sandstone. To the right of the arrowshaft, upon close inspection, the figure of a woman with fringed skirt will be recognized. One arm is raised and in the center of this figure a smaller figure can be seen with the female sign. To the left a bow and arrowshaft appears and probably indicates that the woman and her child had been killed by this means. To ther ight of this figure, two buffalo may be seen, both killed by shafts or lances and below them the head or mask of a human. More tool-grooves and symbolic designs appear at the extreme right.
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_Plate18
Format
JPG
Original Format
Photographic Print
Collection
Citation
Ted C. Sowers; Works Progress Administration, “Castle Garden Plate 18,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed May 28, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/2517.