Archive for February 12th, 2008
Sand-Paintings And Kaytahns
THE origin of sand-paintings, or dry-paintings as Washington Matthews calls them, is shrouded in the mists of the past. In 1880, a Mexican captive who had been reared among the Navajos said to Matthews:
‘The Indians make figures of all their devils, sir.’
It was this hint which led to the discovery of their drypaintings, unsuspected until […]
Posted: February 12th, 2008 under Navajo Culture, Navajo Art.
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