| This recent find incorporates
the common theme of one eye open, one eye
closed. While
the imagery in the lithic material at this site is usually only
per- functorily carved, apparently just as a matter of ritual (animistic?) routine, this particular figure is easily
recognized as a human head, seemingly wear- ing shamanic
headgear. The artificial carving and grinding
marks are also quite evident. As is often the case with
the more explicit image stones, this one stands upright on a
flattened base.
In typical fashion, this stone is
polymorphic/polyiconic, incorporating sev- eral recognizable images on its
surface. Below are other sides of the rock, their images
less humanlike than in the photo above, but compelling
nonetheless.
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