Title: Kwahu (Eagle)
Artist: Luther Lutse
Date: 1992
Medium: Cottonwood root and paint
Credit Line: Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

Item description: Occasionally, in one of the night ceremonies in March or during the Powamu, one may have the satisfaction of seeing a performance of the Eagle Kachina. Usually the performer imitates the step or motion and cry of the eagle to absolute perfection.

There is evidence that this kachina was imported into Zuni from the Hopi and is danced there in much the same manner that it is at Hopi. This may be why the Eagle may appear during Pamuya on First Mesa with Zuni Kachinas.