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Dinwoody Plate 15

An anthropomorphic and zoomorphic design, showing several phallic warriors hunting the mountain sheep and deer. Three birds are also to be seen. Four stretched hides, drying may also be seen. The center lower figure resembles the…

Dinwoody Plate 16

An anthropomorphic and zoomorphic panel showing a man with a signal blanket before him (left), and another figure below. A bird is shown at the extreme left. To the right is seen a Bird Woman and several figures below. The figure…

Dinwoody Plate 17

An anthropomorphic design of a medicine man or shaman, with the symbolic figure of the thunder bird to the left.

Dinwoody Plate 18

A petroglyph representing four anthropomorphic figures. The upper figure is the "Bird Woman", and the one with the zig-zag lines is a "Storm Man".

This anthropomorphic design represents a "Storm Man", showing a cloud over his head and zig-zag lines indicating thunder and lightning.

Dinwoody Plate 2

This is the Great Panel at Dinwoody. I would like to explain that the complete panel could not be entirely photographed, so two pictures were matched to give the entire story. The photograph in the book "Washakie" is poor because…

Dinwoody Plate 20

A zoomorphic design of a bird.

Dinwoody Plate 21

An anthropomorphic panel of four complete medicine men and the upper portion of another below the largest figure. To the right is a symbol of unknown meaning. The last figure might represent a porcupine judging from the lines or…

Dinwoody Plate 22

An Anthropomorphic panel of one shaman, perhaps dressed as the horned owl; two masks or faces below; and the unfinished or worn portion of another figure. You will notice that the horned "Owl Man" has his face turned, as he…

Dinwoody Plate 23

This complex panel is devoted entirely to "Storm Men". These men were medicine men whose business was to bring storms. The zig-zag lines represent thunder and lightning. The dots indicate hail. If you look closely, you can see…