Title |
Vernal Scrapbook |
Identifier |
vernal.xml |
Subject |
Petroglyphs--Utah; Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Antiquities; Rock art; Indian art; Symbolism |
Description |
Scrapbook by Frank A. Beckwith containing the essay, "Petroglyphs in Dry Fork Canyon and Ashley Creek, near Vernal, Utah," focusing on the petroglyphs of the Vernal area in the Uinta Basin of Utah; also includes copies of Beckwith's articles, "The head-hunter group of petroglyphs near Vernal," and "The best group of petroglyphs in Utah: the group of the Great Warrior with shield second to none in the state," published in a local newspaper |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Spatial Coverage |
Vernal (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1934 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
"Vernal" Scrapbook |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Material |
Scrapbook |
Source Physical Dimensions |
22cm x 29 cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s66h7cmt |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
126240 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66h7cmt |
Title |
Vernal turkey gobbler |
Identifier |
064v_p53.tif |
Subject |
Indians of North America; Rock art |
Description |
Among the Hopi, a personage appears dressed as a turkey gobbler, who by his nosiness and insults to the chief men of the village, teaches the Indians the faults of such actions. |
OCR Text |
Show Among the Hopi Indians sometimes in oms of their dence-drana ceremonials personage appears dressed assurkey Gobbler who by his noisiness loud voeiferations am insults of incessant gobbling especiallythe chief men of the village teaches the Indians the faults of such actions and by his vems excesscofnoise rudemess and irrelevancy beaches the very opposite lesson-that of Respect and SILENCE there 1svery pretty little indian myth which the writer is fond of reciting to audiences on this same lesson- How the Turkey Gobbler raught the Indien to Be Silent It is given as inserted pages following Jessie Walter rewkes archeologist in charge of the field work for the Bureau of imerican Ethnology Smithsontan institution hadHopi artist draw for him representation of the opi katohina waich represents the Turkey Gobbler Impersonator monotone of 1t is Teproduced on page 52 herewith No doubt the custom of suoh an impersonation and the lesson taught is of old origin 1t is the writerthought that 1t was an established custom far back into pre-historic times In Clear Greek Canyon isrepresentation ofiurkey Gobbler 1n Nine ea Ganyon several glyphs portraying 1t and this glyph given on page 52 lower half found on the rook walls of the Vernal distriot The writer thinks that this representsman dressed inrepresentation ofturkey gobbler with cap on head the turkeyhead over the position of the lept shoula 1ts big tail spread out infaan Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Contributors |
Fewkes, Jessie Walter |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Coverage |
Utah |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Archival Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Low Resolution |
JPEG: 800 x 600 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ flatbed scanner |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
124509 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66h7cmt/124509 |