Discover wood-carving traditions handed down from past generations of the Northwest Coast Indian peoples

Name: Discover wood-carving traditions handed down from past generations of the Northwest Coast Indian peoples
Uploaded: 2020-02-24T08:00:00
Duration: 54 s
Description: Traditional wood carving of the Northwest Coast Indians.

Traditional wood carving of the Northwest Coast Indians.

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Transcript

NARRATOR: The tradition of carving, handed down from one generation to the next, continues today. The carver's knives are his most valued possession. For he makes his own tools and decorates the handles with intricate symbols of spirits of his ancestors. With his knives the carver Yakawid keeps alive the stories of his people, stories like the legend of the magic knives. As his knives bite into the wood of a freshly hewn cedar, he is guided by memories of time beyond history.