03 Mar 1967
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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.
Top Billed Cast
Robert Davidson Self
Robert Davidson Sr. Self (uncredited)
Florence Davidson Self (uncredited)
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