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World's Largest Kokopelli sculpture.
Plate I. World's Largest Kokopelli sculpture. Photograph by cogdog, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The World's Largest Kokopelli sculpture.
Plate II. The World's Largest Kokopelli sculpture. Photograph by Alan Levine from Strawberry, United States, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
World's Largest Kokopelli sculpture.
Plate III. World's Largest Kokopelli sculpture. Photograph by Alan Levine from Strawberry, United States, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sculpture, World's Largest Kokopelli.
Plate IV. Sculpture, World's Largest Kokopelli. Photograph by Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
World's Largest Kokopelli sculpture in Camp Verde.
Plate V. World's Largest Kokopelli sculpture in Camp Verde. Photograph by Alan Levine from Strawberry, United States, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

World's Largest Kokopelli

Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona. Statue.

Details

Map. Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona. Larger map
Where
1620 W Highway 260 # C, Camp Verde, AZ 86322. Directions
Getting there
I-17 exit 287, then drive south one block on Finnie Flat Rd. On the left.
Access
Visible from the road; the roadside attraction still stands today in a commercial lot.
Coordinates
34.575407, -111.882113.

This statue stands 32-feet tall. In case you're wondering a Kokopelli is the Navajo Indian God of wealth and fertility. The statue stands in front of the Krazy Kokopelli Trading Post in Camp Verde.

Notable Events

  1. The store closed, but the roadside sculpture remained in the commercial lot. atlasobscura.com

People

  • Gerry Berg Jr., Son of Gerry Berg Sr.; with his father took about 45 days to create and erect the statue.
  • Gerry Berg, blacksmith and builder.
  • Lowell Johnson, One of the store owners when the kokopelli was erected; said it was the world's largest and nobody has disputed the claim.
  • Gerry Berg Sr., Blacksmith who created and erected the statue with his son in about 45 days.

Sources

  1. kold.com/story/9347554/worlds-largest-kokopelli
  2. atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-largest-kokopelli-arizona
  3. verdevalley.com/listing/world-s-largest-kokopelli
  4. roadsideamerica.com/tip/10286
  5. arizonaoddities.com/2011/10/worlds-largest-kokopelli-in-camp-verde
  6. atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-largest-kokopelli-arizona
  7. kokopelli.georgetown.domains/private-v-public
  8. worldslargestthings.com/arizona/kokopelli.htm
  9. kold.com/story/9347554/worlds-largest-kokopelli
  10. roadsideamerica.com/tip/10286