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SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate56.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 56, taken at Sage Creek

An anthropomorphic panel so badly worn it was impossible to chalk. Figure to the extreme left is that of the Chief (see the feather war bonnet) and below him a bow and arrow quiver. The center…

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate55.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 55, taken at Sage Creek

An anthropomorphic panel showing the figure of a Frog Man (phallic) to the left, and below the figure of an owl (bad luck). Figures to the extreme right are of course modern.

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate54.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 54, taken at Sage Creek

An anthropomorphic and symbolic panel.
Thefigure to the right is that of a Storm Man, with lightning signs. The smaller figure is that of the Frog Man, with back turned, and this too is…

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate53.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 53, taken at Sage Creek

An anthropomorphic and zoomorphic panel.
The medicine man appears with his back turned and resembles the "Frog Man". A snake is shown to his right and means an enemy. This snake is unusual in…

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate52.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 52, taken at Sage Creek

Anthropomorphic figure of a woman playing the Hoop Game.
The initials and date to the left are modern.

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate51.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 51, taken at Big Dry Creek

The anthropomorphic figure of a Bird Woman.

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate50.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 50, taken at Big Dry Creek

This represents a stretched hide drying.

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_Shoshone_Plate05.jpg
Plate 5 of Petroglyphs of Western Central Wyoming, Shoshone Site.

An Anthropomorphic figure of a man, presumably a Ghost Dancer, as seen from the white circles around the eyes and the manner in which the white blanket is wrapped around his hands.

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate49.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 49, taken at Big Dry Creek

An anthropomorphic panel.
The large figure is that of a buffalo medicine man.
In the center, one figure in animal's costume and a man behind a shield.
To the right appears another man and…

SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoWCW_BigDry_Plate48.jpg
Western Central Wyoming Plate 48, taken at Big Dry Creek

An anthropomorphic panel.
To the left appears either the worn or unfinished figure of a man, with a smaller man beneath.
To the right the figure of a Storm Man is represented.
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