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Watercolor on paper. Stamped u.r.: PLANCHE 3.
From: American Indian Painters, Vol. 1, p. 12: There are hundreds of Navajo medicine men who today practice the art of healing by means of the ancient ritual, part of which is the painting of symbolic pictures in colored sand, often of great charm and beauty. For more detailed information, we refer the reader to the introduction. (Courtesy of the Navajo House of Ceremonial Art) Text references: American Indian Painters, Vol. 1, pp. 5, 11, 12