Rock artwork face effigy (and extra) discovered within the Nineteen Fifties – The Artsology Weblog

I obtained the next photos and story from a girl named Amanda who defined: “I used to be given some rocks that had belonged to my grandfather who handed away lengthy earlier than I used to be born. This one was in his assortment and I used to be advised that it was present in Missouri or the Mississippi River space within the Nineteen Fifties. Each manner you flip it’s a completely different story picture. I see the suitable eye lacking entrance, cranium/faces within the again, with a mammoth print on the highest, a mammoth sculpture on the facet, and so they additionally used the guts form in 2 completely different areas.”

So let’s have a look right here at these first two views of the identical rock, the components that appear like a face effigy, in my view. The suggestion of eyes, a nostril, and a mouth appear fairly clear to me. I’m not a rock artwork professional, and am solely sharing what Amanda has despatched to me; if anybody on the market has any ideas or experience on what she has right here, please share within the feedback part beneath.

Right here’s two extra views of the identical rock, from completely different angles, and I can see a few of what Amanda is explaining, so far as the suggestion of an animal form beneath left; what I’m seeing is a head, torso, and the looks of a tail, however that’s simply my interpretation. I’m assuming that’s the “mammoth” imagery that she talked about. Beneath proper I positively see the general coronary heart form that the rock suggests from this angle, however inside the rock’s floor I additionally suppose the darkish type within the center appears just like the suggestion of a foot print, with toes throughout the highest and the heel on the backside …? Once more, that’s my very own interpretation, what do you suppose?

I’m undecided what I’m seeing in these photos beneath, however I’ll embody them right here since they’re extra views of the identical rock, perhaps different folks on the market will see issues that I don’t. At any charge, that is considered one of many examples the place folks write to me and inform me they see a number of pictures of various issues on the identical stone, it’s a typical notion that individuals share.

Simply to be thorough, I’ll embody the final 2 photos – once more, all the identical rock, as seen from completely different angles – as offered by Amanda, whose grandfather discovered this a long time in the past. What are you seeing right here? Does anybody else see the suggestion of a small cranium within the decrease left image, within the prime left facet of it? In some methods, I can see that little cranium, however then step again and it turns into an eye fixed form to match the opposite bulge on the suitable facet with the nostril and horizontal mouth form. I’d love to listen to what any of you concentrate on all of those completely different views of the identical stone.