Bird Motif Petroglyphs
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1900
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.430.A
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. 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
