Kwahu (Eagle) Katsina carving
Hopi
Date
1976
Medium Specific
Cottonwood
Classification
Sculpture: Wood
Dimensions
17 x 20 x 5 in. (43.2 x 50.8 x 12.7 cm)
Accession Number
2018.35.28.295
Credit
Gift of Carol and Don Tallman
Memo / Artist Statement
Carver was friend of donor, not Hopi but part Native American who lived in Moreno Valley.
The Kwahu katsina is an Eagle katsina who appears during Angk'wa (katsina night dances). The Eagle dance is a colorful dance that serves as a prayer for moisture and plentiful eagle feathers.
http://collections.theautry.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=M256162;type=101
May 2020
The Kwahu katsina is an Eagle katsina who appears during Angk'wa (katsina night dances). The Eagle dance is a colorful dance that serves as a prayer for moisture and plentiful eagle feathers.
http://collections.theautry.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=M256162;type=101
May 2020
Inscription
"Kwahu" The Eagle Kachina (marker)