Dragonfly and Blue-Eyed Princess

[Udink]

Saturday was a nearly perfect day for a hike. I checked out the Dragonfly and Blue-Eyed Princess pictograph panels, the former of which is one of the best I've ever seen! The Dragonfly panel sits on an angled wall at the back of an alcove, and to the left in a deeper part of the alcove are a few slab-lined granaries held together with mud. There is also quite a bit of lithic scatter and broken pottery of all sorts lying on the ground in and around the alcove.


Piece of pottery in the Dragonfly Panel alcove
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Piece of pottery in the Dragonfly Panel alcove
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lxscpIRNuMI/U1SX6yM7KHI/AAAAAAAAkRs/H8-P8qngic8/s640/IMG_0002.JPG


Granaries in the Dragonfly Panel alcove
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-py0kLWPUTr4/U1SYAZD1yQI/AAAAAAAAkR0/bKE1k5exxsQ/s640/IMG_0004.JPG


Granary detail showing sandstone slab and mud holding it together
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DAjrwe2cRkI/U1SYDiboJ9I/AAAAAAAAkSE/tj11cF51_0Q/s640/IMG_0005.JPG


Inside a granary
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o3V1KvXNVeg/U1SYCnhx2SI/AAAAAAAAkR8/7wkv5d2lO4Q/s640/IMG_0006.JPG


The details in the Dragonfly panel are tiny and several of the figures are quite different from the many I've seen nearby.


Dragonfly Panel overview
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gCb_mOtDt2s/U1SYI_QdJZI/AAAAAAAAkSM/6ueZ4Z05CFw/s640/IMG_0007.JPG


Lower-left portion of Dragonfly Panel
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v4YpBVQjMMQ/U1SYOsudMXI/AAAAAAAAkSU/foiXoIw5wCk/s640/IMG_0008.JPG


Elongated winged figure
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_jzQ91HvzwM/U1SYaqBNdUI/AAAAAAAAkSs/jeC1I3ifsyY/s640/IMG_0011.JPG


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8wcUSU_vB7A/U1SYeaxtSRI/AAAAAAAAkS0/7HytQwFqmJY/s640/IMG_0012.JPG


Four figures below a rainbow
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8JRFtDR4jGE/U1SYhYuKmlI/AAAAAAAAkS8/_xWhzLEvXQI/s640/IMG_0013.JPG


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-m_trjQA3-Q4/U1SYnPhfVqI/AAAAAAAAkTE/k6WKtsA_hR4/s640/IMG_0014.JPG


One of the tiniest figures I've ever seen
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LHXb0RVJJg0/U1SYtBdxYHI/AAAAAAAAkTU/Z9X4NQ2x_DY/s640/IMG_0016.JPG


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TcOm-q_3ihk/U1SYxtHhPnI/AAAAAAAAkTc/hPwHxUEamYI/s640/IMG_0017.JPG


Dragonflies
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uULPkWNxGks/U1SY3mH4izI/AAAAAAAAkTk/VXnm1IeExLQ/s640/IMG_0018.JPG


Dragonfly
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GKHcPvLozUk/U1SY5AEeLWI/AAAAAAAAkTs/32mBBDA7vao/s640/IMG_0019.JPG


Dragonfly and another figure
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZHWTaMZY9v0/U1SY9Zk2BcI/AAAAAAAAkT0/d4-CbsJxrXA/s640/IMG_0020.JPG


https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4JtWrEV3VtU/U1SZBF4Eu1I/AAAAAAAAkUA/sVLCurfjifM/s640/IMG_0021.JPG


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-56TeglNk7I4/U1SZBY1NRNI/AAAAAAAAkUE/S6YDYu-7Spc/s640/IMG_0022.JPG


Tiny rabbit or dog
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ga2hkqOI6Bs/U1SZIxVhrdI/AAAAAAAAkUU/AMRhvzKMF8s/s640/IMG_0024.JPG


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OQVGDB0S444/U1SZLB9eVhI/AAAAAAAAkUc/Pa_lb0KBwf4/s640/IMG_0025.JPG


Huge figure near the Dragonfly Panel
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Bu2Ua9_06aE/U1SZNPc8PxI/AAAAAAAAkUo/AXXHij_vCBo/s640/IMG_0027.JPG


The Blue-Eyed Princess panel, which by itself is interesting and worth visiting, pales in comparison to Dragonfly. The main figure and namesake of the panel has two differently-colored eyes, but I couldn't tell whether they were actually blue. The surfaces behind the two largest figures had been abraded smooth before painting, and there were several other such spots that had been prepared but never painted. If the artist had followed through on his or her plans to paint all of the prepared areas, this would have been one amazing panel.


Pictographs near the Blue-Eyed Princess, including two hunchback figures
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SRYdHEgn_SM/U1SZUZAaKZI/AAAAAAAAkVA/kOIyVtqns2A/s640/IMG_0029.JPG


A spot that was abraded and prepared for paint, but was left unpainted
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZFw-xzHJAl8/U1SZYRQ_aMI/AAAAAAAAkVM/QwXEOEFr3wQ/s640/IMG_0030.JPG


Two main figures at the Blue-Eyed Princess Panel
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cu6iJBqYcF0/U1SZUgIa78I/AAAAAAAAkVE/mQYwelhrLAI/s640/IMG_0031.JPG


Blue-Eyed Princess and bird figure
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-x2gXmp2C5Cg/U1SZby1BrSI/AAAAAAAAkVY/unfiTfSnJjo/s640/IMG_0032.JPG


Blue-Eyed Princess
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MgfUTQziBio/U1SZeZdIKEI/AAAAAAAAkVk/cz0riG492xg/s640/IMG_0034.JPG


Bird figure
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9YNgo8cMM8E/U1SZjp3m3DI/AAAAAAAAkV0/Sa6U5Wp77cE/s640/IMG_0035.JPG


Large crowned figure and flute player
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-E1-EtS5c9go/U1SZh1pcA6I/AAAAAAAAkVs/mLGUTABrO94/s640/IMG_0036.JPG


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tyh5xvPZq6Y/U1SZmKC1jcI/AAAAAAAAkV8/WP8bJspMhN4/s640/IMG_0037.JPG


Flute player
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FGqRsDvmLq0/U1SZopBcBxI/AAAAAAAAkWE/n_ljw3AN14k/s640/IMG_0038.JPG


Upside-down human figure near Blue-Eyed Princess
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tHfQpU7SP9Y/U1SZpN1qGxI/AAAAAAAAkWM/yI8Rfu2_Y1w/s640/IMG_0039.JPG




Full photo gallery: https://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/DragonflyAndBlueEyedPrincess

[phatch]

You need to write a book with hike descriptions....

[Byron]

Those Indians be trippin'

[oldno7]

Well done--again, Dennis:2thumbs:

[RockArtRitter]

wow so cool. This is a site I'm just now hearing about. Is this one you'd be willing to share the location of privately?

[goomba271]

Over 180 trips posted?! You da man.

[gholt]

Where is this?

[Doc Foster]

Great pics. I have seen a couple of pics of these sites before and have searched for clues for their location, but have not had any luck.
I would be willing to trade some information for these spots for any locations/directions that I may have that you might be searching for.......
Check out http://www.utahrockart.org/pubs/proceedings/papers/01-04Manning-AnHypothesisForAPuebloIVDateForTheBarrierCanyonSty le.pdf puts the age of these at approximately 400 to 700 years old.
Some get the Blue-eyed Princess and the Moqui Queen / Moqui Princess mixed up; which is a similar Barrier Style pictograph.
"At a Barrier Canyon Site in North Wash called the "Moki Queen" is a zoomorph. It was first reported and photographed in 1932 by Julian H. Steward"