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Holy Ghost & Friends

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Holy Ghost & Friends

Can you beleive that I have had this blog up for a few months now and I still haven’t posted a photo from the Great Gallery or of the Holy Ghost figure? The pictographs in Horseshoe Canyon along Barrier Creek are some of the most well-known in the world! Well, I’m about to fix that right now by posting this photo of the Holy Ghost with a couple of other anthropomorphic figures surrounding it. This is an outstanding panel and there is so much to see here. I have plans to head back there again this fall, and am looking forward to it!

>> Horseshoe Canyon Pictographs

Tall & Skinny

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Tall & Skinny

The two anthropomorphs on the right side of the Perfect Panel with a two-toned snake to the right of them. These pictographs are in amazing condition and contain a lot of fine detail. This is certainly one of my favorite sites that I have had the pleasure of visiting. The figure on the left is a bit odd as it has two long but thin legs with feet, which are very uncommon in the Barrier Canyon Style. It also appears that those legs may have been partially pecked out at some point, too. Click on the photo to view a larger size over on Flickr if you want to examine the details.

>> From the Maze to the Mesa

Waving Hello

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Waving Hello

An interesting figure found in the Book Cliffs of Utah that appears to be waving. This panel is located high up on the canyon wall and is on private property, so you cannot get up close without permission from the owners. This photo was taken from the road at 400mm and then cropped some more. I have seen this figure referred to as Barrier Canyon Style before, but I’m not so sure I would classify it as such? This section of the canyon contains many different styles of rock art in close proximity, including Ute and/or Paiute, Fremont and Barrier Canyon Style. It must have been an important place! Below the waving figure there is a band of horseback riders that were most likely painted by the Ute or Paiute. The figures in this panel were created by wetting chunks of red ochre and drawing directly on the canyon wall.

>> McDonald Creek & Book Cliffs Rock Art

Green Mask Polychrome

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Green Mask Polychrome

Since I posted a photo of the Green Mask this morning, I’ll post another photo from the same site in Sheiks Canyon. These polychromatic abstract-geometric paintings are found on the upper alcove wall and are very intriguing.

>> Sheiks Canyon & The Green Mask

The Green Mask

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The Green Mask

The well-known Green Mask pictograph located in Sheiks Canyon, just off of Grand Gulch, is a haunting face painted high up on the alcove wall. I have read that this may possibly represent a ritual object made from a whole face and hair scalp of a human head because such an object, painted in a similar manner, was excavated from a Basketmaker burial in northern Arizona. I wish I had brought my long lens along with me when I hiked there since it was located very high on the back alcove wall.

>> Sheiks Canyon & The Green Mask

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