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The Eagle katsina appears in the spring dances, the Kiva and the Repeat Dance. Eagles occupy a unique place in the pantheon of Hopi deity. They are treated as family members and honored guests, given presents as are Hopi children, and ritually fed and cared for until the ritual smothering in the spring, whereupon the bird is plucked of its feathers for use in holy rituals.

This carving appears to be pre-1950s based on style and paints.  The neck ruff is wool yarn and there are leather strips tied to each arm on which there once was a spray of feathers and white cotton.  Over the years, both feathers and cotton are gone.  There is a yucca or grass head band, most of which is still intact. 

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