nothing but monkey business

[desertmoons]

Whats up this? A racist slur by the spanish or something else? I read of a find of a pottery helmet in Az i think. It was made of many pieces laced together, but resembled somewhat this monkey helmet. That reference seems not to be available anymore.

It was the only reference i could find in regards to pottery helmets in the usa.

Are monkeys spanish or is this much older...... I'm thinking a bit older. He is facing south generally. And well.looks like yoda showed up too in upper left. Yoda or an India demon or perhaps mesoamerican or just natural. I've got a feeling many things in this area were defaced and reused by the Spanish.

By the way..the pointer points down a major trail and likely has other road map type of meaning too.

Post your monkeys and apes and we will get a barrel of monkeys!

 

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[Lost Horse]

Apes -
Here is a Marker I ran across that I will share with you

Lost Horse

 

[One mans trash...]

 

[Old Dog]

Kim,

This has the makings of a very fun thread.

BTW... I think your ape with the helmet is ancient.

Thom

 

[Old Dog]

Here is a face I have posted several times,
It is on the top edge of a cliff some 150 feet from the bottom,
from the chin it is 45 - 50 feet farther to the top.
Look at the size of the trees.
I don't claim this to be Spanish, in fact quite the opposite.
But Yes.
Someone hung over the edge to carve it.
we found no sign of any scaffolding, LOL

The only way to get a picture of this is to climb to the top of the other side.

 

[Peeber]

Take a look at my avitar.

 

[Yarrum]

That looks like a face in profile right next to the other one.

 

[Old Dog]

That looks like a face in profile right next to the other one.

The face you have marked is the one I speak of.
The one marked in red is of a horse above a shield.
Neither one are Spanish.

 

[truckinbutch]

A paladin ?

 

[One mans trash...]

And their little friend...

 

[truckinbutch]

Darn ! That one slipped by me , too .
Amazimg how the eye focuses on what it want's to see .

 

[Old Dog]

A paladin ?

Looks a bit like a crested chess piece, but still not Spanish.

 

[desertmoons]

Wow thank you all for posting. Very interesting! Or down right funny..hehehe.

Peeber... what else do you have stashed away? Your avatar was quite interesting!

Here is a couple more. The first..it may not look like much but when i glanced up from the trail my first thought was - oh there's another monkey head wearing a helmet...sort of like the big one.



The next picture i did not take but found on the net. It is in Az. Not sure if that is natural or a monkey/ape. This picture to me looks like there is a lot going on. A whole lot. I think in upper right you've got a couple of hatted figures with a sword or lance or boot? . They are standing or above a figure with what looks like a head dress on. That figure is laying and the two .....victors.... standing.

Not sure though.





Well just looked at it in negative and i am leaning toward carved.

 

[soopacee]

what about this little guy

 

[desertmoons]

Good catch..what about that guy ..looks like a sitting bird to me. Not to get to far off the subject but there are other interesting things at this site, at least from the picture.

The one line of the sitting ape seems to have 3 drills holes in it. And other things i wonder about.

Here is the whole picture. If you want a blow up..just email me. To me it looks lie a site that mixes old and new.

 

[okey dokey]

The Spanish (or others) allegedly repelled down the face of this cliff/mountain and purposely chiseled a monkey wearing a helmet from a boulder?

If they can do what they did at Petra around the time of Christ any rough looking facial rocks are a possibility.