Authentic Hopi Indian Sterling Silver Key Ring

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Cyrus Josytewa, Jr. - Hopi Sterling Silver
Large Kokopelli Key Ring
HK Item #KR228

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Native American Hopi Indian Sterling Silver large Kokopelli Key Ring   

Overlay is sterling silver.
Loop portion for keys is stainless steel.

Size
1 3/8" x 1 5/8" oval
2 1/2" tall
Materials
Sterling silver Read about silver;
Stainless steel;
Hallmarks
Cyrus Josytewa
STERLING
Makers Symbol
Artist
Cyrus Josytewa, Jr., Hopi

Of the Snow Clan and Shungopavi Village. His hallmark is a snowman. He began silverwork in 1993.

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Cyrus Josytewa, Jr. - Hopi
Sterling Silver Overlay
Large Kokopelli Key Ring

HK Item #KR228 - $185
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Native American Hopi Indian Sterling Silver large Kokopelli Key Ring

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What is Overlay?

Overlay pieces are made of two layers of sterling silver. The top layer has a cutout design. The solid bottom layer (background to the cutout) is usually accented for contrast. Navajo silversmiths oxidize the bottom layer which darkens it. Hopi silversmiths oxidize and etch the background (texturize it) with hashmarks. The cutout top layer is placed over the bottom layer and the two pieces are "sweated" together, that is, heated so that they become one. This is a very difficult skill to master.

Kokopelli

The kokopelli, flute player, often associated with the Hopi Flute Clan is the symbol of happiness, joy and fertility.

Usually depicted as a non-gender figure, it was traditionally a male figure, often well endowed until the missionaries discouraged such depiction !

Kokopelli talks to the wind and the sky. His flute can be heard in the spring breeze, bringing warmth after the winter cold. He is the symbolic seed bringer and water sprinkler. His religious or supernatural power for fertility is meant to invoke rain as well as impregnate women both physically and mentally.

The kokopelli image is found from Casa Grande, Mexico to the Hopi and Rio Grande Pueblos and then westward to the Californian deserts in prehistoric rock, effigy figures, pottery, and on kiva walls.

 

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