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Petroglyphs photographed at rock art sites and carved in stone make great southwest art wall hangings for your home or office!  why buy petroglyph replicas?   I use real stone (not molded plaster or cement) and frame them in oak. The width and height of each piece is given along with some information about the image. Frame color and background are selected to accentuate the carved stone. Stone vary in color and texture making each a truly unique piece of southwestern art.

Jot down the item number of the piece you want and call (310) 836-0121 or
email daustin@sandcarveddesigns.com to place your order.

Why no 'shopping cart', why call my order in? Each carved stone is individually made. The pictures on the carved stone pages show the actual items for sale... the phone call is to confirm the items you have selected are still available and have not been previously sold.

red sandstone mounted on beige leather, in a
dark mahogany stained oak frame.

Five costumed figures.
These five costumed figures are carved into the Wall along Chevelon Creek, a few miles southeast of Winslow, AZ. The figures may represent spiritual beings, shaman, or ceremonial participants. Early, or pre, Hopi people occupied this area and the petroglyphs were likely to have been made by them.
$309 plus $22 shipping

Owl with mythical creatures.
This realistic owl is part of a densely populated rock art panel and is surrounded by impossible mythical creatures (note the two heades creature to the right of the owl). Owls are not common in the rock art of this area, and in legend are often associated with spirit messengers. Rochester Creek, Utah. Circa 1000 BC - AD 1000. sold

red sandstone mounted on dark brown faux leather in a
gunstock stained oak frame.
see photo of this panel

red sandstone mounted on sorrel color faux leather in a
red mahogany stained oak frame.

Mohave petroglyph panel
Located in the Dead Mountains of eastern California is a corridor once used by the prehistoric Mohave people as a trade route that extended across the Mojave desert to the Pacific coastal tribes. Double outlined symmetrical figures, and nonrepresentational geometric motifs are typical of Mohave Culture petroglyphs. $279 plus $25 shipping

Coso sheep shrine
This petroglyph from a broken panel in the Coso Range of Eastern California depicts a bighorn sheep who has been killed by an atlatl bearing hunter. The sheep's head has been removed and placed on a pole to show respect and to honor the sheep. A dotted line forming a bidirectional spiral indicates the sheep's journey into, and back from, the spirit world where the sheep will be reborn and thus replenish the herd. Ca. pre AD 500.
$217 plus $19 shipping

red sandstone mounted on sorrel color faux leather in a
red mahogany stained oak frame.

mounted on dark brown felt in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

Rock Art Ranch panel
This petroglyph panel is carved into a rock cliff along Chevelon Creek near Winslow, AZ. The difference in the color (due to repatinization) and style (due to cultural affiliation) of the petroglyphs indicates the petroglyphs were made at different times at least many hundred years apart.
$289 plus $25 shipping
 

sold

mounted on tan leather in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

mounted on beige leather in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

see photo of this panel

Kohta Circus Panel.
This complex and well made panel is located high on a cliff face at the Kohta Circus rock art site a few miles east of Mesquite, Nevada. The panel is attributed to the Virgin branch (Virgin River) of the Anasazi Culture who abandoned the area around 1100 AD.
$389 plus $35 shipping.

Sears Point panel
This interesting and well made panel is located at Sears Point, Arizona, overlooking the Gila River . Although Hohokam and Patayan people alternately lived in this area, the imagery and workmanship more closely resembles that of the Hohokam Culture. Circa AD1200.
sold

brown sandstone mounted on a brown felt background
in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

mounted on beige leather in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

see photo of this panel

Group of bighorn sheep.
Rock art panels containing large numbers of  bighorn sheep, often depicted in migratory lines, are common in the Coso Mountain Range. Such petroglyphs may be a spiritual appeal for replenishment of the bighorn herds in order to secure successful hunting in the future. This petroglyph is found in Petroglyph Canyon, near Ridgecrest, CA.  Circa prior to AD 600.  $195 plus $30 shipping.

mounted on tan leather in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

Item: #375
Culture: Mohave
Size: 17.5"x10.5"

Rattlesnake.
This rattlesnake may represent the great medicine man Humasereha who took the form of a great snake "whose head was wider than the door of a house". He could make it rain and thunder by rattling his tail. Humasereha lived in a house made of hair in the Gulf of California and was the source of dark power. The petroglyph is found in Picture Canyon, California.
$99 plus $20 shipping

mounted on beige leather in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

see photo of this petroglyph

Yahwera with Chuckwallas.
This patterned body anthropomorph may represent Yahwera, the Master of Animals, who may or may not allow hunters to be successful in their hunt. Chuckwallas could carry messages to and from the spirit world. This petroglyph is found in Big Petroglyph Canyon, Coso Range, California. Circa AD 900-AD 1300. sold

Eight sheep in a line.
These eight sheep are carved into the wall of a remote canyon in the Coso Range near Ridgecrest, CA. When traveling to and from feeding grounds and watering holes it is common for bighorn sheep sheep to walk in single file. This petroglyph appears to be a prehistoric depiction of that activity. The style used to portray these sheep; thick legs, round body shape, and parallel horns curving back indicate it was made at least 2000 years ago, and possibly much earlier.  sold

suspended on brass pins in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

see photo used to create this piece

sandstone mounted on a brown felt background in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

Sundagger.
Located on fajada butte, NM, sandstone slabs positioned above theis petroglyph cast shadows which mark tohe cycles of both the sun and moon. A vertical shaft of light passes through the spiral at summer solstice. At winter solstice, two sun daggers frame the large spiral.
$62 plus $13 shipping

mounted on a brown felt background in a 1.5" wide finished oak frame

actual petroglyph photo

Item: #363
Culture: Desert
Size: 14"x16"

Elaborate shaman.
Elaborately costumed human-like figures representing shaman, spirits or ritual participants are the hallmark of Coso rock art. This patterned body anthropomorph is found in Big Petroglyph Canyon, Coso Range, CA. Circa 4000 BC.
$185 plus $25 shipping

framed in 1.5" wide
 finished oak

Seven bighorns in a a line.
Bighorn sheep are often depicted in petroglyphs the same way they are seen in a natural setting; in a line coming or going from springs and water holes. Thes seven sheep are part of a larger panel found in the Coso Range of California. $105 plus $20 shipping

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