VILLASENOR, DAVID (PREFACE BY VINSON BROWN) - Tapestries in Sand the Spirit of Indian Sandpainting

Healdsburg, CA: Naturegraph Pub, 1966. Revised Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 091101022X. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is a trade paperback. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light generalized toning to the white portions of the book covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright, however there is spotting to the bottom edge of the first two text pages. "In the sandpainting of southwestern Native Americans (the most famous of which are the Navajo , the Medicine Man (or Hatalii) paints loosely upon the ground of a hogan, where the ceremony takes place, or on a buckskin or cloth tarpaulin, by letting the coloured sands flow through his fingers with control and skill. There are 600 to 1,000 different traditional designs for sandpaintings known to the Navajo. They do not view the paintings as static objects, but as spiritual, living beings to be treated with great respect. More than 30 different sandpaintings may be associated with one ceremony. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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