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.
Directed by Richard Gilbert - 1964 | 12 min
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The video transfer is very good. Thanks so much for the upload. This is priceless.

[@HUNTERS-EDGE1515]

I am haida grew up there and it is absolutely pristine land sea and land flourish in resources

[@fatumsfaber8809]

Astoundingly magnificent, the music sets an intrinsic ambiance to the theme.

[@alexmickee6799]

Incredibly restored.

[@Lucysmom26]

I wonder what happened to "the boy?" He would be about 70 or so now. Did he continue carving? I

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Davidson_(artist)

[@Lucysmom26]

@@nfb Thank you. A strange feeling to see the video of him as a very young man and now to read he is 74 and a respected artist. How wonderful that he stayed with it.

[@allien7987]

Who wrote the score?

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Eldon Rathburn

[@Luv_stella]

What’s tsiinii?

[@haidafella8651]

Grandfather

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reggie Davidson

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Robert Davidson (read the description)

[@Luv_stella]

Rather be playing Minecraft rn

[@aerialcombat]

lame