A flute player is bitten by a snake. The flute player may not represent Kokopelli, however. The kachina Kookopölö has a hump and is associated 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 flutelike proboscis, yet the cicada kachina does not carry a flute either. The well-known humpbacked flute-playing icon, Kokopelli, appears to be a recent creation. (Ekkehart Malotki: Kokopelli: The Making of an Icon).

Ancient Puebloan Petroglyphs, Arizona

Hopi Kachina Dolls, Fred Kabotie, c. 1925