Traditional art and icons of the Native American culture are quite common in the American Southwest and have come to symbolize a unique southwestern style of decorating.The flute playing Kokopelli, figure is one such icon and dates back 3,000 years to petroglyphs and pottery found throughout the Southwestern United States.
Usually depicted as a humpbacked dancing figure playing a flute, the Kokopelli often carries a large bag on his back and has an insect-like antennae. The Kokopelli is a kachina, or spirit, found in the mythology of the both the Zuni, and Anasazi tribes and he is also known as a Hopi fertility god. He has been called the prankster, hunter, healer, musician, dancer and the story-teller.
The word Kokopelli comes from 2 Hopi words, koko for wood and pilau for hump.
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