{"product_id":"navajo-yei-dancer-sandpainting-by-emma-yazzie","title":"Navajo Yei Dancer Sandpainting By Emma Yazzie","description":"\u003cp\u003eMid 20th Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e.5\" H x 5.9375\" L x 4\" W \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Crafted in Colored Sand with a Terracotta Color Field of a Yei Dancer Figure with a Tail and Bunny Ears Titled and Signed on Back\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmma Yazzie was a well-known Navajo (Diné) artist who created commercial sandpainting-style artworks (often called \"sand art\" or \"permanent sandpaintings\"). These pieces adapt traditional Navajo ceremonial designs using glued colored sands on a board for sale as decorative art, rather than the impermanent sacred sandpaintings used in healing ceremonies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer works frequently feature Yei (holy people or deities) and Yeibichai (Yei Bi Chai or Yei-Bei-Chai) dancers from Navajo rituals like the Nightway or Yeibichai ceremony—a nine-day healing event involving masked dancers representing the gods, chants, and symbolic elements for restoration and protection. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47699596804261,"sku":"260331-24","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/260331-24_1.jpg?v=1775585374","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/navajo-yei-dancer-sandpainting-by-emma-yazzie","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}