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This katsina, sometimes call the Mak Katsina, is considered to be an import from Laguna Pueblo to the Hopi Mesas. This katsina was illustrated by Jesse Walter Fewkes in Plate XLVII of his publication Hopi Kachinas but Fewkes referred to him as Kwacas Alex Taka, which translates to "eagle feathers erect man" which is based on the two erect feathers on the head, which this doll is missing.

Fred Kabotie, famous Hopi artist, illustrated a pair of this katsina in his 1938 watercolor painting Hunting Dance from Laguna. The katsina is sometimes referred to at Hopi as a Hunter Katsina.

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