Haida Carver
Movie
Type
1964
Year
12m
Runtime
★ 9.0
Rating
Documentary
Genre
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.
Cast
Robert Davidson
Self
Robert Davidson Sr.
Self (uncredited)
Florence Davidson
Self (uncredited)