~ Kokopelli ~
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Kokopelli -
"Echoes off the Walls"
20" High
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"Kokopelli"
(First Kokopelli
Sculpture)
30" High
Kokopelli Wood and Metal Sculptures.
Each sculpture is one of a
kind, and the woods
used are select cuts of exotic wood.
Kokopelli
"Rain"
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Who
Was Kokopelli?
The legends are many,
and no one really knows, but
the character continues to fascinate those
who study the ancient rock art of
I do not discount or
make fun of any of the interpretations made by the various Indian cultures,
or modern day authorities. I am just
doing my thing
as an artist and free agent.
Kokopelli has been interpreted by the many as everything between an insect and a God. Even modern medical science has it's theory about Kokopelli. One researcher has said he was probably a person afflicted with tuberculosis, which results in a hump back, a club foot and a permanently erect phallus.
Rock art suggests strongly that Kokopelli was a flute player, so I went with the flutes and the locations of where the pictograph and petroglyph images were recorded.
Elias Perez, a local
flute maker, player, and authority on ancient Indian flutes, assisted me with
the sculpture. Perez indicated that, in his opinion, Kokopelli is usually
portrayed playing straight or horn type flutes, not common with the American
Indian flutes which generally had a rising reed near the mouth end of the
flute. The straight and horn type flutes were more common with the
I have chosen to
portray Kokopelli idealistically as
a handsome young man with a slightly humped
back. A wanderer, a teacher of flutes and their music, a dancer, and
womanizing rascal. A concept that most would like to relate to.
As an artist, I have been captivated by this legend and have done many variations of Kokopelli, I will continue doing Kokopelli in different mediums, representations, and styles in the near future.
Gary Prazen
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