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tallsteve
03-05-2014, 07:37 AM
I'm looking for the actual name of a rock art image from the Moab area. When my kids were young and we'd go to Moab every year, they always wanted a t-shirt with this image on it. We always called the petroglyph image, Splatter Man. It looks like maybe the head of kokopelli, looking at you straight on, but like his head is somewhat 'splattered'. I know it's not much to go on, but I figured someone on here will know what I'm talking about. I've searched for it on the internet but am not having much luck.

tallsteve
03-05-2014, 08:03 AM
I found this image from one of the Moab t-shirt shops' websites. I know this has been 'tourist-ized' from the real image.

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zkeys
03-05-2014, 12:42 PM
I found this image from one of the Moab t-shirt shops' websites. I know this has been 'tourist-ized' from the real image.

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Moab Man maybe?

https://www.google.com/search?q=moab+man+petroglyph&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

Iceaxe
03-05-2014, 02:25 PM
I consider myself some what of an expert on Moab rock art, and I have never heard of Splatter Man.

Sandstone Addiction
03-06-2014, 05:04 AM
The little guy is called "Splat Man."

I first saw splat man showing up on the front of Jeeps 20+ years ago around Moab and this is the first time I've ever heard any correlation between "The T-Shirt Shop's" design/creation and NA rock art.



http://moabtshirts.com/