Navajo Sandpainting and Ceremonies

File — Box: 2, Folder: 8

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

268: Medicine man creating a sandpainting
269: Medicine man painting the body of a female patient
270-272: Medicine man prepares to feed ceremonial meal to female patient
273-274: Medicine man creating a sandpainting
275: Medicine man prepares base for sandpainting with red desert sand
276: Medicine man and assistant working on a sandpainting
277: Medicine man completes Red Ants hogan in a sandpainting
278-279: Female patient and baby take position in hogan for body painting

Dates

1937-1964

Conditions Governing Access

Boxes 4 and 5 are located in cold storage and require twenty-four hour advanced notice.

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.