| Maker(s): | Poola, Roger
| | Culture: | Native American; Hopi (b. unknown-d. unknown)
| | Title: | Kokopelli Kachina
| | Date Made: | 1960s-1970s
| | Type: | Sculpture
| | Materials: | cottonwood root, yarn, felt, imitation hair, paint
| | Place Made: | United States; Northeast Arizona; Hopi Reservation
| | Measurements: | 11 1/8 in.; 28.2575 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1985.38.10
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Katherine Gabel, class of 1959
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This Kokopelli kachina's head is decorated with red hair and yarn. His face displays black and white paint, painted eyes, and a black and white carved neckpiece. Displaying a white body, the Kokopelli wears a black yarn bracelet and holds a turquoise gourd rattle, as well as a white "flute" in either hand. Around his waist is a turquoise sash and a black apron with red and green yarn. Dancing in place, his legs have black yarn ties as he stands, shoeless, atop a wooden platform. He was made for a tourist audience. AP2018
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