The Hopi are considered descendants of the Ancient Puebloans and their religion includes the kachina figures, which represent supernatural forces and beings. Archaeologist date the emergence of kachina culture to near the end of the Ancient Puebloan existence in the Four Corners region, around the early 14th century. A theory is that the attraction of the kachina "cult" in the southeast was one of the factors in the movement of the Puebloan people to that region.
It has been claimed by some (and many assume) that most rock art flute players, Puebloan or not, represent Kokopelli, which is disputed. The kachina Kookopölö has a hump and is concerned with fertility but traditionally does not carry a flute. Elder Hopis have referred to flute playing rock art figures as the "cicada", a noise-making insect with a flute-like proboscis, yet the Cicada kachina does not carry a flute either. The well-known humpbacked, flute-playing icon called Kokopelli appears to be a recent creation. Ekkehart Malotki discusses this subject in detail in his book Kokopelli: The Making of An Icon.
In a larger view of this panel, shown below (photo taken at sunset), one sees it is full of activity. There are flute players and numerous other anthropomorphs, aggressive snakes, human footprints and animal prints, and sheep with darts or arrows in them. There is another panel (not shown) to the lower right.
All photographs Copyright Doak Heyser