00:10It's western red cedar from the forest of British Columbia on Vancouver Island. It's 800
00:16years old. I took 300 off to make it this size. So western red cedar and it's a traditional wood
00:25carved by all First Nations in British Columbia. So we have here the Chief Skidat Islands, my
00:33grandfather, and Haida Gwaii, he used to be called the Queen Charlotte Islands. So we put
00:40him at the beginning of the pole. So the guy at the beginning isn't low man on the total
00:45pole. He's the most important. So then we have the knee and the elbow and the paw and
00:53the claw of the bear and the tongue, the canines, the lips, the nostril, and then the eye socket,
01:02the eye, and then the forehead and then the ear of the bear joins the claws of the raven.
01:11And then my grandfather's main crest is a moon he wears on his headpiece. And then we have
01:21the two feathers, the forearm and then this is the shoulder of, or the wing, the shoulders
01:31of the wings. And the long beak is always a raven. And then the eye socket here, the forehead,
01:40and then the ear of the raven, and then my grandmother at the top. The wife of the chief.
01:49That's a great.
01:51That's an awesome time for me to come and just help me.
01:56Yeah.
01:56And bring my daughter on the left side with the shoulder and the head and the other side.
01:58Okay.
01:59Yeah.
02:01Okay.
02:02All right.
02:06Okay.
02:07Okay.
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