The product is an 11” by 11” framed Navajo sand painting, showcasing traditional Native American art from the Navajo people.

"A History of This Authentic Navajo Sandpainting

The sandpainting you see originates from Navajo healing ceremonies. The medicine man builds a sandpainting and places the patient in the middle of it. To aid in the healing process, sand from the sandpainting is rubbed over certain parts of the patient's body. When the ceremony is over, the sandpainting is destroyed, thereby destroying the illness.

Sandpaintings are very detailed and colorful and each figure carries a special meaning. The designs are made up of many subjects familiar t to the Navajo people - yeis (yays) or Navajo holy people; rainbows; sacred plants; roots; trees; birds. Colors used in the sandpainting contain every  color of the rainbow and are made from many different sources such as colored, rocks, roots, flowers, sand, bark, ashes, and cactus. For example, the colors green and blue can be made from mineral ores; red and orange from flower peta!s; yellow from cornmeal.

This amazing detailed and complex Navajo symbol of healing has been broadened into a unique art form to be appreciated by many."