After speculating about the restoration being done on some of the panels, I found this undated BLM photograph of restoration work being done on the largest Sego pictographs...Somehow I doubt the original work was done with such ease of access.
It's not really unusual, when one thinks on it, that touchup is done on these national treasures. It does make one wonder about the nature of such work, and to look at just how much is done, what it's based on, and the general fragility of such sites.
In another upcoming post I'll be presenting one of the more impressive panels in the Moab area, the Courthouse Panel, which did have a great deal of work also done on it, necessitated by a extensive amount of vandalism perpetrated on it.
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