Title |
Ted's Myth |
Identifier |
ted.xml |
Subject |
Petroglyphs--West (U.S.); Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Antiquities; Indian art; Symbolism; Indian mythology; Ute Indians |
Description |
Scrapbook by Frank A. Beckwith relating the narrative of Tedford Pikyavit (1901-1953), a Ute Indian, who described the traditional stories behind various petroglyph motifs |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951; Pikyavit, Tedford Nivir, 1901-1953 |
Spatial Coverage |
Delta (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Contributors |
Pikyavit, Tedford Nivir, 1901-1953 |
Date |
1932; 1938 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
ted's myth 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 Physical Dimensions |
22cm x 28cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6pg4mw5 |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
126244 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pg4mw5 |
Title |
Rainbow Youth |
Identifier |
069TM |
Subject |
Rock art; Indians of North America |
Description |
"This essay is written in the spirit of the ancient man; in the spirit of the ancient craftsman, extremely limited in his expression; crude in draftsmanship; unlearned--but striving to his utmost to express his feelings." |
OCR Text |
Show expression in glyphic presentation The groups are rich 1in symbols all associated with the major oonceps RAIN the RAINBOW YOUTE the SUN FATHER and the guardian beings of the SPACE REGIONS LIMITATIONS This essay is written in the spirit of the anoient man in the spirit of the ancient oraftsman extremely limited 1n his expression orude 1n draftsmanship unlearned-but striving to his utmost to express his reelings Light will be thrown oniwWhat the man of that time was striving to say by studying whet his lineal descendant of todey thinks expresses 1n word drama and symbolism The limiwtions to the anolent man are bdest seen if we try to place oursleves at his time Tixing upon rocks in permanent form crudely even though his best what he thinks should expeot to rind ideagraphs embodying his comcepts sociated with the Rain rain sign The Rainbow Youth Rainbow Youth we should expect find the Sun Fether we shell be plessed if we find figures whioh we mAy think were mesnt to denote the god-like beings guerdisn spirits of the Six Space rTegions meybe-vhe-Sevenvh we shall be delighted 1n we find assooisted with the ideagraphs the Sky Ladder by which both Sun Father and Rainbow Youth mount the sky and surely the Saake so well known To us of the present day asmeans of prayer for Tein should be found Bach of these is present somewhere in the groups Other glyphs unknown will not be mentioned better to concentrate onfew for which interpretation may be accepted then on soattered presentetion including much doubtful matter Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Date |
1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938 |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Source |
Ted's Myth Scrapbook |
Coverage |
Utah |
Source Material |
"The Gorgeous Rainbow Youth" folder |
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 |
125197 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pg4mw5/125197 |