Sandpaintings of the Navajo Shooting Chant

Sandpaintings of the Navajo Shooting Chant
ISBN-10
0486231410
ISBN-13
9780486231419
Category
Art
Pages
87
Language
English
Published
1975-01-01
Publisher
Courier Corporation
Authors
Gladys Amanda Reichard, Franc Johnson Newcomb

Description

A classic of ethnology, reproducing in full color 35 sandpaintings from this important Navajo healing ceremony and analyzing their composition and artistic devices. The rites are described and explained and the symbolism and myth they express thoroughly explored.

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