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Canyonlands Faces Panels

There are a dozen or more distinctive Canyonlands Faces Motif panels in Eastern Canyonlands.

The Four Faces panel: four painted faces with necklaces and decorations

The Four Faces panel. This panel is in a small ruin and is located near the All American Man panel. Blue pigment from an earlier set of faces is still visible.

The Five Faces panel: five white faces with red and white details

The well-known Five Faces panel. This panel is situated partway up the wall of a small alcove. One generally views it from the other side of the alcove, about ten meters away, unless one wants to walk a narrow ledge. It is best seen in morning or late evening when the sun is not on it. Note how the artist scraped the rock before painting the faces.

The Nine Faces panel: a row of small white faces along a cliff base

The Nine Faces panel was placed close to the bottom of a side canyon, much like Thirteen Faces. This panel is also called the White Faces.

The Eleven Faces panel: a row of faded blue and white faces

The Eleven Faces panel, also known as the Blue Faces, sits high up a talus slope near the top of a cliff. Only eight faces remain visible.

The Thirteen Faces panel: a row of painted faces above the canyon floor

The Thirteen Faces panel. Reputedly a flood washed away three faces. One used to be able to drive right up to this panel, which I did more than once, but the road was closed off about twenty years ago and now one cannot tell there was ever a road there.

A single painted face figure outlined in white, beside red pictographs and handprints

I wouldn't go so far as to call this One Face Panel but this figure is in eastern Canyonlands and it definitely looks like a "Face".

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