5" x 12" framed Navajo sand painting of the Hunchback Kachina. Artist information is currently unavailable. Signed hunchback b77 on back of painting. A sticker on the back of the frame reads:
- Sand paintings originate from Navajo healing ceremonies. The medicine man builds a sand painting & places the patient in the middle of it. To aid in the healing process, sand from the painting is rubbed over certain parts of the patient's body. When the ceremony is over, the sand painting is destroyed, thereby destroying the illness. This Navajo symbol of healing is now appreciated as a work of art.