Bird Petroglyph
Photographer
Cobb Studio
DateJanuary 8, 1893
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (11.4 × 19.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase
Object numberPA1990.013.430.B
DescriptionA landscape view of dark rocks protruding from the desert earth in New Mexico. The boulder in the foreground has a light-colored petroglyph depicted on its side of a large, standing, two footed bird. Fading writing near the bottom of the frame reads, "Aztec carvings on lava 10 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico Cobb Photo 1/8/93".Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss. The glass plate is broken at the corners.
On View
Not on viewTerms
ca. 1980
ca. 1980
1992