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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRio Nuevo Publishers
ISBN-101933855282
ISBN-139781933855288
eBay Product ID (ePID)63851941
Product Key Features
Edition3
Book TitleNavajo Sandpaintings
Number of Pages64 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFolklore & Mythology, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native American
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Social Science
AuthorEugene Baatsoslanii Joe, Mark Bahti
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight8.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width8.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-016875
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal751.4/9
SynopsisA superlative guide to traditional and contemporary Navajo sandpaintings. Few art forms are more significant to Navajo religious beliefs than the sandpainting, or ikaah. Sandpaintings play a major role in Navajo ceremonies, assisting healers to cure ailments by summoning the supreme beings' aid to restore harmony to both mind and body. In this clear, brief, yet profoundly informed text, Mark Bahti reviews the history of the sandpainting--from its original, and continuing, sacred purpose to the purely artistic creations produced and sold by some sandpainting artists today. With his collaborator, Eugene Baatsoslanii Joe, Bahti explains the meanings of the images and colors in sandpaintings and tells some of the traditional stories that they represent. Navajo Sandpaintings will enlighten both the amateur and the connoisseur of Navajo art., Reviews the history of the sandpainting-from its original, and continuing, sacred purpose to the purely artistic creations produced and sold today.