Haida Carver

Haida Carver

12 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1964

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.

Haida Carver

12 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1964

Haida Carver
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.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Haida Carver
Directors Richard Gilbert
Writers William Weintraub, Richard Gilbert

Cast

Robert Davidson

as Self