Navajo Sand Paintings&Balance

Navajo Indians Largest tribe located in

Southwest Followed and learned from

the Pueblo Used sheep for food and

clothing Lived in Hogans built from

wooden poles, tree bark, and mud

Reservation currently located in Arizona- 140,000 people

Sand PaintingsMedicine man used them for

healing ceremoniesGround herbs and pigments into

sandDone on the floor of their homes

that are called “hogans”They were destroyed at the end

of the ceremonyReflect Navajo environment and

lifestyle

Symmetrical

Exactly the same on both sides of the line of symmetry.

Pollon Boy and Beetle Girl

Pottery

Tree of Life

Asymmetrical

Different on one side of the line of symmetry.