Hopi Indian Sterling SILVER Overlay Kokopelli Belt Buckle by Jackson 1814-BB(J)
Hopi Indian Silver Overlay Kokopelli Belt Buckle.
This Silver Overlaid Kokopelli Belt Buckle is an impressive display of hand made southwestern jewelry art. This fine belt buckle was hand made from a heavy gauge of Sterling Silver. The artist masterfully hand cut a pair of flute playing Kokopelli spirit images out of a sheet of Silver. Silver Kokopelli images were then perfectly overlaid onto the Silver buckle. The detail is perfect down to the matting. Made in our shop by master buckle artist JR Jackson. This overlaid Silver Indian buckle is 2" by 3" with a 1-1/2" wide keeper on the back. Signed.
Undoubtedly Kokopelli, the Hump-backed Flute Player, has caught the imagination of more people than any other Hopi kachina except perhaps the Hemis Kachina. Some of that interest is because he is so blatantly phallic in nature, but beyond this he appears in every nook and cranny of the Southwest. His image is found in all of the pueblos and among the southern Indians as well. He dances happily around a Hohokam pot and chases mountain sheep through the canyons of the San Juan. There is always speculation about what inspired this particular personification. Ties with Mexico and even South America have been suggested for he appears in all of these places. Among the Hopis he is a Flute Player only when he borrows a flute to dance. Usually he appears in the Mixed Kachina Dances or sometimes in a Night Dance. Despite these relatively minor appearances, he is thought of as a seducer of girls, a bringer of babies, a tutelary of hunting, and an excellent subject for the carving of tihus or kachina dolls.
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