Navajo Sand Painting by Nephi Benally 7x7 - 4D10J Pink Mussel Shell including Santa Fe Indian Market

including Santa Fe Indian Market and Heard Museum

This piece is handmade by Jemez Pueblo artist

Through his mastery of light and texture

The Crow Mother appears during the ceremony known as the Powamu

a symbol of spiritual significance

Navajo Sand Painting by Nephi Benally 7x7 - 4D10J Pink Mussel Shell including Santa Fe Indian MarketAccording to the Navajo religion, the Universe is a very delicately balanced thing. If this balance is upset, some disaster usually an illness will follow. To restore the balance and harmony means performing one of the many Navajo chants or ways. These complex ceremonies involve the use of herbs, prayers, songs and sandpaintings. The sandpainting is done in a careful and sacred manner, according to the ancient knowledge of the art. As the patient is