LIVING STONE

Duration: 33 min

Year Published: 1959

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: Explains how present-day Eskimos on Baffin Island continue an age-old tradition of creative craftsmanship, portraying their belief in the supernatural as they carve ivory and bone, and more recently stone, into vigorous portrayals of Arctic life. Retells the old Eskimo legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp.

Complete Record: Source: CanNFB Interest level: el-jh-sh-c-ad Price: $260 Format: sd color Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 59-122

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)