Lost Wax Hopi Sterling Silver Kokopelli Pendant

This is the classic pendant of the southwest. It was made by a good friend of Richard's known as Winter Hawk. This Lost Wax Sterling Silver pendant features the playful image of the flute-playing hunchback Kokopelli. This curvaceous Sterling Silver pendant is full traditional designs. This is the perfect gift for that fun-loving person who has everything. This pendant will match perfectly with any other Silver jewelry that's already in your collection. Suspended from a complimentary chain, it is 1-7/8" long. Labeled Sterling. Not Indian made.

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.