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Definition of Sand painting
1. Noun. A painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Painting
Literary usage of Sand painting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
"THE sand painting. Every chant may be said to have its own peculiar sand paintings,
or drawings on sand, which represent the divinity or some event in their ..."
2. Masks, Heads, and Faces: With Some Considerations Respecting the Rise and by Ellen Russell Emerson (1891)
"The rainbow god upon the Shield of the Bow, here represented arching the sacred
spaces, appears in the famous dry sand-painting of the ..."
3. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson (1912)
"sand painting OF THE SONG-HUNTER Navajo (Explanatory of frontispiece) THE black
cross bars denote pine logs; the white lines the froth of the water; ..."
4. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson (1912)
"sand painting OF THE SONG-HUNTER Navajo (Explanatory of frontispiece) THE black
cross bars denote pine logs; the white lines the froth of the water; ..."
5. Southwest Indians by Elaine Hansen Cleary (1996)
"Once the sand painting ceremony is over, the painting is destroyed. Do Your Own
sand painting Remember, to the Navajo sand painting has an important ..."
6. North American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1916)
"PLATE XXII Navaho gods, from a dry- or sand-painting. The figure with the
rectangular head is a female divinity, with arms covered with yellow pollen. ..."
7. Folk Art Projects North America by Yvonne Despard (1997)
"Navajo sand painting Native American sand painting is a very ancient ...
The purposes of sand painting were to evoke healing, rain, safety, or beauty. ..."
8. A Mission Record of the California Indians: From a Manuscript in the by Alfred Louis Kroeber, José Francisco de Paula Señán, Vicente Francisco Sarría (1910)
"As all were agreed concerning the sand-painting used in the girls' ceremony, this
will be first described. ii«t, fog; ava'rit, fog.—8. ..."
9. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
"THE sand painting. Every chant may be said to have its own peculiar sand paintings,
or drawings on sand, which represent the divinity or some event in their ..."
10. Masks, Heads, and Faces: With Some Considerations Respecting the Rise and by Ellen Russell Emerson (1891)
"The rainbow god upon the Shield of the Bow, here represented arching the sacred
spaces, appears in the famous dry sand-painting of the ..."
11. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson (1912)
"sand painting OF THE SONG-HUNTER Navajo (Explanatory of frontispiece) THE black
cross bars denote pine logs; the white lines the froth of the water; ..."
12. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson (1912)
"sand painting OF THE SONG-HUNTER Navajo (Explanatory of frontispiece) THE black
cross bars denote pine logs; the white lines the froth of the water; ..."
13. Southwest Indians by Elaine Hansen Cleary (1996)
"Once the sand painting ceremony is over, the painting is destroyed. Do Your Own
sand painting Remember, to the Navajo sand painting has an important ..."
14. North American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1916)
"PLATE XXII Navaho gods, from a dry- or sand-painting. The figure with the
rectangular head is a female divinity, with arms covered with yellow pollen. ..."
15. Folk Art Projects North America by Yvonne Despard (1997)
"Navajo sand painting Native American sand painting is a very ancient ...
The purposes of sand painting were to evoke healing, rain, safety, or beauty. ..."
16. A Mission Record of the California Indians: From a Manuscript in the by Alfred Louis Kroeber, José Francisco de Paula Señán, Vicente Francisco Sarría (1910)
"As all were agreed concerning the sand-painting used in the girls' ceremony, this
will be first described. ii«t, fog; ava'rit, fog.—8. ..."
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