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Haida carver

Title
Haida carver [motion picture] / National Film Board of Canada.
Publication
Chicago : IFB, 1964.

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Additional Authors
  • Gilbert, Richard.
  • National Film Board of Canada.
Description
1 film reel (12 min.) : sd. col.; 16 mm.
Summary
Shows how the ancient lore of the Haida and the craftsmanship of the carvers is preserved in the argillite figures made by a young Haida Indian who lives in the village of Masset in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Shows the craftsman as he chisels figures representing ancestral legends of bears, ravens, frogs and fish.
Subject
  • Sculpture
  • Haida Indians > Social life and customs
  • Handicraft
  • Art, Canadian
  • Indian art > North America
  • Indians of North America
Note
  • French version issued under the title Art et légende.
Credits (note)
  • Producer, director, and writer, Richard Gilbert; commentary, William Weintraub; music, Eldon Rathburn; photographer, François Seguillon.
Title
Haida carver [motion picture] / National Film Board of Canada.
Imprint
Chicago : IFB, 1964.
Credits
Producer, director, and writer, Richard Gilbert; commentary, William Weintraub; music, Eldon Rathburn; photographer, François Seguillon.
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Gilbert, Richard.
National Film Board of Canada.
Branch Call Number
M16 1416 H
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