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Plate 15 from the Castle Garden collection

A complex but badly eroded panel of shields and tool-grooves. Many of these designs are barely recognizable. The two shields to the right are the best preserved. The extreme right hand shield has a bird…

Plate 16 from the Castle Garden collection

An Anthropomorphic figure of a warrior behind his shield and carrying a lance with many feathers.

Plate 17 from the Castle Garden collection An Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic panel; the phallic figure of a man is seen at the left. Bear tracks cover his costume and probably represent him as a great hunter of bears. The four-legged figure to the…

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…

Plate 19 from the Castle Garden collection

A complex panel of great interest from the point of interpretation. The phallic figure of a man appears at the upper left. Below this an elk is recognized and the same phallic sign is seen in the circle…

Plate 20 from the Castle Garden collection

The Anthropomorphic figure of a medicine man appears to the left. Note horns and head-dress. Symbolic figures appear at lower right.

Plate 21 from the Castle Garden collection

A complex Anthropomorphic panel with several shields. The upper left hand figure is eroded. Several symbolic designs are to the right of this figure, one appears to have fringes and decorative designs…

Plate 22 from the Castle Garden collection

A complex mural of Anthropomorphic designs and tool-grooves. To the left appears the figure of a man, placed up-side-down and pierced by an arrowshaft. In this position, it no doubt represents death.…

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…

Plate 24 from the Castle Garden collection

The lower figures are those of tool-grooves. Above this is an interesting representation of an Indian gambling game which was played by tossing arrowshafts upon a blanket and the direction in which the…