Previous picture enhanced(I hope) using Lightroom.
A serious Lightroom tweek here. Look at this big fellow. And the other two figures are excellent as well. I am sure there was originally some pigment between the head and shoulders of the large figure. Note the outline like an overcoat, the interior hollow with lines, the variation in pigment density around the shoulders and below the central hollow. Significant?? There are eight interior lines. The figure at the right appears to have some sort of simple headdress but note that this figure holds a stick(?) that touches a ball(?) that touches the large figure near the waist at the bottom of the line filled hollow. What is this about??
Now let us look at Mr. 'Y' head. There appear to be two orange lines going over the head forming some sort of head treatment. If you look closely there are three red lines swooping up from the left of the figure's head and 3 vertical lines to the right of his head. There appear to be a red antelope(?) over each shoulder. The figure has a hollow chest and note the 4 lines waving off the left shoulder. Is the figure to the right and of the same color as 'Y' part of the figure as well?? The petroglyph of a hand on 'Y' near the waist, is that part of the original figure. And the belt(?) petroglyh is just the width of the figure. This is not typical of Barrier Canyon style to my knowledge. Although the hand looks cool.
And another look at these figures.
Now on to the nest series. These are very large figures with a little fellow in the middle. There is some spalling here. The center figure with the 2 huge eyes appears to have a belt near its base.
Well this is a very busy section of the panel. Shall break this down into smaller bites.
Ok. There is still a lot to absorb here. Note the oversized eyes(Hard not to), the ear treatement, the central short feather(? it appears that spalling or graffiti has damaged the feather) the three lines(horns?) on the left and right side of the head. And for sure note the right hand holds a horned serpent(actually the serpent has two horns on each side of his head). And there are six wavy lines going off to the figure's right ( two times three??). Faintly above this figure to his right appears to be four fingers. I think there was more to this figure in this area. Note that there is no interior decoration. There is a circular feature near his feet. Related?? Also the pigment density of this figure appears to increase near the waist. Note that the right arm that holds the serpent is represented by two lines. The comb like figure holding the 'T' has a lot of interior action going on. Note that there are six lines making up the body.
Now we come to the figure on the right in this picture. Can't overlook the two large eyes. No feather but two 'horns' on each side of the head and two interior lines. Some sort of creature ofte his left shoulder. It appears to have horns more or less like an antelope. There appears to be some sort of redaction above this fellows head. The figure also has some sort of ear treatment. Also note that the 'comb' figure has a pair of short feathers.
Ok kids, this is serious medicine. Note the oversized eyes of course. The paired horns on each side of the head have three further lines above them. The figure is guarded? by two outlined serpents that face him but outside them is a horned serpent facing away from him. There are five 'medallions' on either side above his head. On the left the first three medallions are connected by six strands and there are 4 strands hanging from the bottom medallion. The connection fifth and sixth medallion is with four strands and the connection between medallion three and four is not determinable. On the right The first three medallions are connected by four strands, medallions three and four are connected by six strands, medallions four and five are connected by four strands that there are four strands dangling from medallion five. On each side the first four medallions have a solid center dot and the last medallion is plain. The impressive thing about this figure is its' symmetry including the guardian(?) serpents against the outside horned serpent facint away. There is even an apparent system to the variation among the medallion layout. To the lower left is the remains of what was once a nice figure. Some ear treatment and possible horns are still present.
Unfortunately there has been some spalling in critical areas of this figure. But there is still a lot to appreciate. First this figue with the elaborate hair treatment appears to be associated directly with the 'comb' like figure to his right. The 'comb' like figure may be a scalp. Note the six descending strands. There appears to be sort of a 'crown' over this figure. The right arm of the main figure here starts out as a single line splits in to two. At this point four strands descend from the arm. There appears to be some sort of implement being used by the arm and the three descending lines may be fingers(?). The left arms also starts out as a single line and then branches into five strands which appear to be holding another strand that connects to a mushroom shaped item further to his left.
Now the head here is distinct. First there appears to be double ear rings on the remaing side of the head. The hair(?) is divided into three sections. To his right it starts out is six strands and is then knotted(?) to a single strand. The center section is set in two large strands between two thin strands. And on his left the hair is is seven strands although only six appear to make it to the end. Note the 'horned' centipede(?) between this and the next figure.
And the balance of the panel. Note the bird like figure near the center and above the bird is a figure with streamers decending from above the shoulders. The first large figure on the right appears to have his right hand reaching to the right and down. Both figures appear to have a single feather and the figure on the left has large ear rings. There are some very faint Barrier Canyon style art on the rest of the panel and petroglyphs at the bottom. And grafitti.
And now some additional views of the panels. Enjoy.
The petroglyphs at the bottom of this panel merit more work. Again this is the kind of thing best separated by an artist. I see some very old work there based on repatination. There may be some more Barrier Canyon style details that can be recovered. I see a nice sheep and bear track in there. And an old coyote(?) there at the bottom.
Good view of the horned serpent.
