Description: Hunchback Yei 6x3 Sun & Eagle Yei 4x4 Classic, intact Navajo sand paintings. One is signed by Bryant, the other isn't legible. They are in excellent condition. The sand is fragile and has brushed off lightly in some areas, but still intact. See photos. Media not included. This sand art piece by the Navajo native Americans, represents the ceremony they perform on certain occasions, in particular when they wanted to heal a member of their clan. They would gather on the sand and, by using colored sand, they would carefully arrange the colored grains of sand to draw lines and make a figure. The actual sand painting that they made on the sand was never preserved. But their artists made representations such as this. These are 2 of those representations. Hozho is a Navajo word that depicts the quality of harmony but it means so much more. It is not only gaining harmony but maintaining it. It is a sense of walking in beauty, something that is achievable by all because there is a sense of rightness in the core of each person. To be in true hozho, one must embrace the world and the environment and be a part of it while still striking a clear tone of ones own existence and being. Sometimes to restore a persons hozho, a hataalii (Navajo healer) also known as a Singer or a Medicine Man is called in. the hataalii incorporates the appropriate yei figure into the sand painting (dry painting) near the persons home that needs healing. The painting is made of sand and other colored materials such as pollen, crushed stones and flowers. Once the sand painting is completed, the ailing person sits on the sand painting and the illness is drawn out of the person into the sand. That night the healer gathers up all of the material used in the painting and scatters it to the Four Directions. The ceremony can last up to 9 days. This type of healing sand painting is a private ceremony, not viewed by those outside the family. The other type of sand painting is created for the sake of representing Native American art. It is put together on a board to remain as a permanent piece of art the materials are sprinkled on the glued surface. Any symbols incorporated are, hopefully, used in a manner that is not disrespectful. It is said that sand painting art is not completed like a healing sand painting is, but it does give a close representation.
Price: 29.99 USD
Location: Washington, Michigan
End Time: 2025-01-04T22:44:57.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Origin: Arizona
Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
Artisan: Bryant
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
Culture: Native American: US
California Prop 65 Warning: No
