Walter Harris (artist)

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This article is about the Canadian First Nations artist. For the member of Canadian parliament, see Walter Harris.

Walter Harris (b. 1931) is a Canadian artist and hereditary chief from the Gitksan First Nation in northwestern British Columbia.

He studied Northwest Coast art styles at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art ('Ksan) at Hazelton, B.C., in Gitksan territory, studying under Duane Pasco and Doug Cranmer. He works in metal and wood.

He carved totem poles for his home village of Kispiox in 1971, 1972, and 1978.

[edit] Sources

  • 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.
  • Stewart, Hilary (1993). Looking at Totem Poles. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-97259-9.
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