Acoma Seed Jar, Acoma Pueblo, NM by Bessie Namoki

Late 20th Century
2 3/4" x 6 1/2"

With Kokopelli, the Hunch Back Flute Player. Kokopelli is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who has been venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture. He is also a trickster god and represents the spirit of music.