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Henry Hunt (b. 1923) is a Canadian First Nations artist from the Kwakwaka'wakw (formerly "Kwakiutl") people of coastal British Columbia. Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Kwakwakawakw girl wearing abalone shell earings. ...
Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 5th Total 944...
He was born in 1923 in the Kwakwaka'wakw community of Fort Rupert, B.C. He is a descendant of the renowned Native ethnologist George Hunt. He began carving at the British Columbia Provincial Museum in Victoria in 1954, where he remained until 1974. He succeeded his father-in-law Mungo Martin there as chief carver in 1962. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He is the father of the artists Shirley Ford, Tony Hunt, Richard Hunt, and Stanley Hunt. Tony Hunt (b. ...
He and Tony Hunt, his eldest son, carved a memorial pole to Martin at Alert Bay, B.C., in 1970-71. Alert Bay is a small community on Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Canada. ...
Bibliography
- Hunt, Ross (2007) "The Hunt Family's Trip to West Germany to Attend the Bundesgarten Show." Anthropology News, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 20-21.
- Macnair, Peter L., Alan L. Hoover, and Kevin Neary (1984) The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre.
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