Navajo Sandpainting and Ceremonies

File — Box: 2, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

255: Medicine man painting the head of the Rainbow Yei
256: Medicine man painting first Yei
257: Medicine man, John Wilson, painting
258: Small Navajo sandpainting
259: Assistant finishes fourth Yei as Medicine Man instructs
260: Medicine man painting Horned Toad Yei
261: Medicine man painting black bear
262: Medicine man completing white bear of small sandpainting
263: Medicine man painting
264-265: Sandpainting ceremony for Navajo woman
266-267: Navajo woman and baby eating a ceremonial meal after destruction of sandpainting. July, 1945

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.