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Navajo Petroglyph
Navajo Petroglyph
Navajo Petroglyph

Navajo Petroglyph

Artist (American, 1891 - 1979)
Date1959
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. V. Lambert in memory of Laura Gilpin
Object number1981.16.2
DescriptionCloseup of light colored petroglyph on rock face with dark shadows at bottom of image. Petroglyph is man with feather in his hair, he holds what looks like a club in his right hand, and something like plant/stings in his left hand.
On View
Not on view
Terms
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    1952
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