sand painting

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sand painting

1. A ceremonial design of the Navajo and Pueblo peoples made by trickling fine colored sand, pollen, or powder onto a base of neutral sand.

2. The art of making designs with colored sand.

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sand painting - a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background

painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

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