 He popularized use of gold and gemstones not previously used in Hopi jewelry.He was born near Hotevilla, Hopi Third Mesa, to Rex and Rachael Loloma, of the Badger clan.He attended Phoenix Indian High School in Arizona where he began his artistic career as a muralist and painter when he was asked by Fred Kabotie to assist in the reproduction of murals from the Awatovi site on the Hopi reservation for New York's Museum of Modern Art.