A sculpture in front of the Mesa Verde National Park Visitor Center depicting an ancestral Puebloan climbing a cliff face using hand and toe holds. The sculpture, titled “The Ancient Ones,” was created by Edward J. Fraughton in 2012.
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The movement in this is so cool, both in the human figure and the representation of the cliff face. It reminds me a lot of Bird in Space.
Edit: oh, I just zoomed in and saw the petroglyphs at the bottom! What a neat detail to have added.
Seeing it in person is an experience for sure. It’s huge
Looked like a wolf furry at first glance and thought “who the fuck tricked the national park supervisor into thinking it wasn’t a werewolf” lol



