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Navajo sand painting made for the tourist market.
Traditional sandpaintings are not produced as fixed artworks. They are made by medicine men and are used as ritual objects. A traditional sandpainting is used in a ceremony and then destroyed. The paintings are seen having supernatural power and are used for healing purposes.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database retains language taken from historical documents to help research. Please note that some records may feature language and reflect systems of thinking that are outdated and offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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