VTG LORENZO STEWART SAND PAINTING NAVAJO INDIAN PEACE PIPE NATIVE AMERICAN ART

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Native American sandpainting

In the sandpainting of southwestern Native Americans (the most famous of which are the Navajo), the Medicine Man (or Hatalii) paints loosely upon the ground of a hogan, where the ceremony takes place, or on a buckskin or cloth tarpaulin, by letting the colored sands flow through his fingers with control and skill. There are 600 to 1000 different traditional designs for sandpaintings which are known to the Navajo. They do not view the paintings as static objects, but as spiritual, living beings to be treated with great respect. More than 30 different sandpaintings may be associated with one ceremony.

 

The colors for the painting are usually made with naturally colored sand, crushed gypsum (white), yellow ochre, red sandstone, charcoal, and a mixture of charcoal and gypsum (blue). Brown can be made by mixing red and black; red and white make pink. Other coloring agents include corn meal, flower pollen, or powdered roots and bark.

 

The paintings are for healing purposes only. Many of them contain images of Yeibicheii (the Holy People). While creating the painting, the medicine man will chant, asking the yeibicheii to come into the painting and help heal the patient.

 

When the medicine man finishes painting, he checks its accuracy. The order and symmetry of the painting symbolize the harmony which a patient wishes to reestablish in his or her life. The accuracy of a sandpainting is believed to determine its efficacy as a sacred tool. The patient will be asked to sit on the sandpainting as the medicine man proceeds with the healing chant. The sandpainting acts as a portal to attract the spirits and allow them to come and go. Sitting on the sandpainting helps the patient to absorb spiritual power, while in turn the Holy People will absorb the illness and take it away. Afterward, when the sandpainting has done its duty, it is considered to be toxic, since it has absorbed the illness. For this reason, the painting is destroyed. Because of the sacred nature of the ceremonies, the sandpaintings are begun, finished, used, and destroyed within a 12-hour period.

 

The ceremonies involving sandpaintings are usually done in sequences, termed 'chants', lasting a certain number of days depending on the ceremony. At least one fresh, new sandpainting is made for each day.

 

Some Navajo laws and taboos relate to the sandpaintings, and protect their holiness:

 Women are not supposed to sing the chants associated with the yeibicheii. This is both because the ceremony has a possibility of injuring an unborn child, and because of a taboo preventing menstruating women from attending. (Many cultures considered menstruation and presence of blood to be powerful spiritual events that had to be restrained, as they represented life forces.) Post-menopausal women are more likely to be chanters or diagnosticians.

 One is not supposed to pretend to be a medicine man creating a sandpainting, or mock the medicine man in any way by mimicking him. Both the medicine man and the yeibicheii may punish you.

 Authentic sandpaintings are rarely photographed, so as to not disrupt the flow of the ceremony. For many reasons, medicine men will seldom allow outsiders inside a sacred ceremony. Because so many outsiders are curious about sandpainting, some medicine men may create pieces for exhibition purposes only, using reversed colors and variations. To create an authentic sandpainting solely for viewing would be a profane act. The sandpaintings for sale in shops and on the Internet are commercially produced and contain purposeful errors, as the real sandpaintings are considered sacred.

 The earliest credited instance of traditional Navajo sandpaintings (being rendered in colored sands as opposed to tapestry or other media) being created in a permanent form for commercial sale, have been traced to the period between 1945 and 1955. The main credit is generally given to a Navajo Hatalii named Fred Stevens, Jr. (Grey Squirrel), who developed the primary method of "permatizing" for commercial sandpaintings that is still in use today.

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Peace Pipe

navajocodetalkersadmin on June 4, 2014 - 10:00 am in Navajo Rituals

Most people are familiar that native pipes were frequently utilized in the old times to assist bring peace between nations or tribes. The word “peace pipe” has appeared lately because of songs and stories of old. But some are aware that native tribes in America utilized various kinds of pipes for different religious, ceremonial, spiritual as well as cultural gathering. Today, peace pipes are made for use by people and come in a simple design. On the other hand, skilled craftsmen carry on making beautifully decorated peace pipes which are best for wall interiors and hangings.

History of the Peace Pipe

Peace pipe is common at this point in time. On the other hand, over the years a lot of various pipes have been made and utilized by various tribes. Each and every kind of pipe has a different purpose. One design is the long stemmed peace pipe which is utilized by Sioux, a Plains Indians. They empty out the stem of wood and connected to a stone basin. This is why it becomes renowned as Pipestone Pipe and this has been utilized for many years in various rituals and ceremonies. The stone was originated in Minnesota but the practice of this kind pipe become popular all through the continent because of the marketing practices of the different tribes.

Why the Peace Pipe is Important In Navajo Culture

Nature and animals play a very significant role in the personal and spiritual lives of Navajo. This mirrors this significance in the crafts and art. Shamans utilized pipes which have bowels which have been engraved with different fetish animals like wolf, eagle, buffalo, bear and many more. Each Shaman has own particular spirit guide which was signified by the carved in the basin of the pipe which he utilized in the ritual.

Peace pipe before was also used for personal and ceremonial purposes. This peace pipe was lit up and then passes around if there was a meeting or a gathering of leaders or warriors. The pipe is passed from one to another in a clockwise manner and right procedure need to be followed.

At this point in time the years of the old cultures of Navajo peace pipe are still famous. Skilled Navajo craftsman make lots of various kinds of peace pipe which represent their artistic diversities. This is available from simple peace pipes with a restricted amount of decors, to intricate ones creation with leather, feathers, fringe, beads, bones as well as antlers. These make remarkable wall hangings can bring in to your home the spirit of the ancient Navajo tradition and culture.

 

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