Haida Carver is a short documentary looking at the Haida tradition of argillite carving. A young carver from Masset (the teenaged Robert Davidson) is shown collecting carving stone at Slatechuck Mountain [Haida name: Kaagan] on Graham Island, Haida Gwaii. He takes the stone home to work on it. His grandfather, Robert Davidson Sr. (1880-1969), is also seen at work on a carving. (His grandmother, artist Florence Edenshaw Davidson, is also seen briefly.) A selection of completed argillite pieces is shown.
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