Haida Carver

12 min

1964

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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.

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Robert Davidson

Self

Robert Davidson Sr.

Self (uncredited)

Florence Davidson

Self (uncredited)

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