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Hopi Eagle Dancer- # NAK - 2 - $1,200

KWAHU kachina, or The Eagle Katchina, is approximately 12" high. It was hand carved by Ronald DuWayne from the Hopi village of Hotevilla, Arizona. This kachina was purchased on the August 08, 1990 from the Safara Jewelry in Gallup, New Mexico.

The Eagle Kachina appears most often in the Kiva or Repeat Dances of early March. The dance is a conscious effort to duplicate the actions and motions of eagles and is a prayer for an increase of eagles.

Eagles occupy a rather unique position among the Hopi, for they are treated as honored guests and are given presents just as the Hopi children are. At midsummer, however, they are ceremonially smothered and plucked of all their plumage. The kachina, with its out-streched wings, is a favorite for doll carvers and collectors. Formerly these effigies were made with real wings from small birds but nowadays the wings are entirely of wood. Each feather is individually carved and glued onto the kachina.

-Information from the book "Hopi Kachinas" by Barton Wright.

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