Kokopelli Kachina Dolls
The reverse side view shows the prominent hump-backed style and a turtle shell rattle attached to the back of the right leg. Also notice the string loop for hanging in a ceiling altar, usually with some corn pollen and pine boughs. This is a close approximation of how Kokopelli appears on Second Mesa in the early Spring ceremonial fertility cycles. His behavior is usually pretty overtly sexual, and often considered "crude" by non-Hopi observers.
This is the front view of an unusual kachina sulpture of Kokopelli
by Hopi carver Fred Koruh. This is carved from cottonwood root,
and also features the simplistic style of a tihu. It is 9.5" tall,
including the base. The Base legend, "Mr. Kokopelli" refers to the
fact that the fertility function of the Kokopelli kachina also requires
a female version, the Kokopel Mana, whose image appears on the reverse side
of the carving.
and carries the legend "Mrs. Kokopelli" on the reverse side of
the base. Especially noteworthy is the manner in which the red
ears of the male side are here carved as the side whorl hair style typical
of unmarried Hopi and Tewa women. The most unusual thing about this
carving is that it is split lengthwise, into two, closely interlocking parts,
which when opened reveal the true nature of the Kokpelli fertility spirit.
This is accomplished by depicting the spirits in naked, human form, arranged
for coitus. The image is anatomically correct, and is not intended
to shock the viewer. 
We are sure that it is intended as a backlash against the widespread use of the Kokopelli image as a "cute" "Southwest-style" adornment, thereby diluting the actual meaning of the spirit. In past times, the Kokopelli kachina dolls were carved featuring enlarged male genitals promonently on the outside of the doll, but this practice was curtailed as the Anglo art market found it too "vulgar".
The more traditional carving style, and indeed, the overtly sexual behavior of the Kokopel mana and Kokopellit also received criticism from the many Protestant missionaries who proseletyzed on the Mesas, and still do.
Mr. Koruh has here, reminded us what this image is really all about -- procreation.
