Navajo Medicine Man: Sandpaintings

by Gladys A. Reichard

Reproduces the Navajo Bead Chant and Shooting Chant sandpaintings done by a revered medicine man in addition to explaining these healing rites and the legends connected with them

Genres: History, Art

142 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Gladys Amanda Reichard was an anthropologist on the faculty of Barnard College, specializing in Navajo language and culture.

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

The text is excellent, the illustrations are top notch, the only issue I have is that the color reproductions are only fair to middling. This may be the best written work on the subject, which is not saying much, I took a look around and most of the other books are of similar or older vintage. An interesting art form, its like the high art form of sand castles, lovely but ephemeral.