KR109 Qoqooqlo (The Storyteller)
Qoqooqlo Kachina by Hopi carver Larry Melendez. The Route 66 style kachina, 1 3/4” x 1 3/4” x 4”, is carved from cottonwood root.
Qoqooqlo appears at Third Mesa during Soyal. He tells stories and prophesies good crops. He brings gifts for the children. Qoqooqlo is one of the only Katsinas who appears in street clothes. The black Qoqooqlo arrives in pairs and opens the kivas on Hotevilla.
Hopi carver Larry Melendez, born in the 1960’s, comes from a family of Kachina carvers. When Larry was 18, his brother Manuel taught him to carve Kachinas and passed on his knowledge of traditional styles.
Route 66 Kachinas are fashioned after the original Route 66 Kachinas sold in the Harvey Trading Posts during the 1960s and 70s.
