Sandpainting
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Sandpainting or drypainting is the art of pouring colored sands, and powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, or pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed or
Rangoli, a popular form of Indian sandpainting in Singapore.
SLNSW 75764 Warriors in Ambush series 49 Aboriginal Mystic Bora Ceremony
Navajo sandpainting, photogravure by Edward S. Curtis, 1907, Library of Congress
Navajo sandpainting, photo by H.S. Poley, published c. 1890–1908, Library of Congress
Charnel ground
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A charnel ground is an above-ground site for the putrefaction of bodies, generally human, where formerly living tissue is left to decompose uncovered. Although it may have demarcated locations within
A dancing gana, Dashavatara temple, Deogarh
Tantric goddess Bhairavi and her consort Shiva depicted as Kāpālika ascetics, sitting in a charnel ground. Painting by Payāg from a 17th-century manuscript (c. 1630–1635), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Ganapati, Maha Rakta
Vignantaka trampling or dancing upon Vinayaka