CC - Haida Carver

Haida Carver

1964 12min EN

On Canada's Pacific coast this film finds a young Haida artist, Robert Davidson, shaping miniature totems from argillite, a jet-like stone. The film follows the artist to the island where he finds the stone, and then shows how he carves it in the manner of his grandfather, who taught him the craft.

director: Richard Gilbert

cast: Robert Davidson, Robert Davidson Sr., Florence Davidson

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