Haida Carver

Haida Carver

0h 12m 1964 Documentary Canada
Budget: - Revenue: -

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

Writer

Richard Gilbert, William Weintraub