Navajo Sandpainting by Glen Nez - Sun Design - 6D02K Feather Ring's face is 1-1/4" long

Ring's face is 1-1/4" long

and these influences emerge as a completely new aspect of culture

is hand inlaid with an Elk Head

In this scene she is descending the craggy peak signifying the start to a fertile and prosperous year

Navajo Sandpainting by Glen Nez - Sun Design - 6D02K Feather Ring's face is 1-1/4" longAccording to the Navajo religion, the Universe is a very delicately balanced thing. If this balance is upset, some disaster usually an illness will follow. To restore the balance and harmony means performing one of the many Navajo chants or ways. These complex ceremonies involve the use of herbs, prayers, songs and sandpaintings. The sandpainting is done in a careful and sacred manner, according to the ancient knowledge of the art. As the patient is