Ancient Pictographs, Rattlesnake Canyon, Texas

Ancient Pictographs, Rattlesnake Canyon, Texas

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Inscribed l.c.: PICTOGRAPH. DETAIL OF PAINTING IN RATTLE SNAKE CANYON TEXAS, l.l.: Copied by Forest Kirkland. Courtesy of the Southwest Review, Stamped u.r.: PLANCHE 1.

                           

From: American Indian Painters, Vol. 1, p. 12: Detail of wall painting in Rattlesnake Canyon, Babb's Ranch near Langtry, Texas. The pictograph is seventy-five feet in length with some of the figures fifteen feet in height. It represents one of the oldest prehistoric wall paintings in Texas and is an outstanding example of early Indian abstract art. Painting copies by Forest Kirkland Courtesy of Southwest Review Magazine. Map references: Rattlesnake Canyon (Tex.) Text references: American Indian Painters, Vol. 1, pp. 4, 11, 12 References: Kirkland, Forest and Newcomb, W.W., Jr. Rock Art of the Texas Indians. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1967.

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