The Great Hunting Scene
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Utah 300-1200 A.D. Length: 39 inches. Height: 23 inches. An outstanding example of primitive art. It is found in Nine Mile Canyon, the Southern rim of the Uinta Basic in Northeastern Utah. This area is still famous for deer and elk but the big horn sheep (shown in the petroglyph) can no longer be found there. The prehistoric artists seem to have had a definate composition in mind. It must have taken a very long time to laboriously "peck" no less than 43 separate figures including 33 mountain sheep and a half-dozen humans. This is definately a hunting scene. The hunters are shown letting fly their arrows into the massed flock of sheep. One animal (in the foreground) may have already been downed. The giant figure on the right must be someone of great importance. From the dangling tail it is obvious he is dressed in a "hide" and since he in on his knees, he may be a decoy creeping among the unsuspecting sheep. Other humans, two with shields, are less easy to interpret. Note that the horned figure in the upper-center is shown attached to the sheep at his side. Did he own it as a pet, keeping it on a rope as one would a docile domestic animal? Petroglyphs are carving in rock made by ancient peoples who vanished, leaving behind these figures and symbols as silent mysteries. Native Americans consider petroglyphs sacred testimony of their ancestors. Ken's unique process transfers the images to metal with no harm to the native rock carvings. These images can now pass from hand to hand and from generation to generation. Ken works in stainless steel into which he cuts the images from the rock. Each piece is then processed to give it a beautiful, soft copper-colored patina.