Castle Garden Plate 23
Item Metadata
Title
Castle Garden Plate 23
Subject
New Deal, 1933-1939.; Petroglyphs -- Wyoming.
Description
Plate 23 from the Castle Garden collection
An Anthropomorphic panel that is beginning to erode and part of the left hand figure is missing. The central figure is the key to the description. It is the elongated figure of a woman. The female sign is shown connected to the two phallic men on either side. The man on the right is behind a shield and is shown with a lance, from which is suspended a design of unknown meaning. This is directly over the head of the other phallic figure. The figure at the extreme left is an animal (head is eroded) and appears to have been killed by the man behind the shield. The figures are portrayed as full-face and at the same time a profile view is shown. This sexual representation is of course exaggerated, but that is a factor of primitive art.
An Anthropomorphic panel that is beginning to erode and part of the left hand figure is missing. The central figure is the key to the description. It is the elongated figure of a woman. The female sign is shown connected to the two phallic men on either side. The man on the right is behind a shield and is shown with a lance, from which is suspended a design of unknown meaning. This is directly over the head of the other phallic figure. The figure at the extreme left is an animal (head is eroded) and appears to have been killed by the man behind the shield. The figures are portrayed as full-face and at the same time a profile view is shown. This sexual representation is of course exaggerated, but that is a factor of primitive art.
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_Plate23
Format
JPG
Original Format
Photographic Print
Collection
Citation
Ted C. Sowers; Works Progress Administration, “Castle Garden Plate 23,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed May 28, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/2732.