years old from the forests of Haida Gwaii, 500 miles north of Vancouver. When Martin went to work for the museum in Victoria, his son David and his family, and relatives Henry and Helen Hunt(Helen was Martin's wife's granddaughter) and their family joined him in living in James Bay near Thunderbird Park and the focus of the work to be done. His son David, and Henry Hunt, and even Henry's son Tony who was only twelve when the families engaged in this undertaking, became apprentices. Martin trained his son David in his craft but David died in 1959. Henry's sons Stanley Hunt and Richard Hunt are also professional carvers. It's rumoured Martin also instructed the famed Haida sculptor Bill Reid although it's more likely they spent time together on some project at MOA at U.B.C. and the association was then a limited one. Doug Cranmer, who became an artist of some considerable note, a unique approach to his craft added to his knowledge of things traditional placing him permanently on a level of talent Mungo would be proud of, spent time with his old relative too; Doug was the grandson of Martin's wife Abaya'a, and was the son of Martin's first cousin, and so brother, Dan Cranmer. Mungo was also a mentor to the artist Godfrey Stephens, (painter and sculptor) whom he first met in Victoria in the 1950s. Later work and death Mungo Martin continued to work on his carvings in his later years. Martin was significant in the Northwest Coastal Art scene for his vast amount of work and actual sculpting. He died on August 16, 1962 at the age eighty-three in Victoria and was taken on a Canadian Navy ship to be buried in Alert Bay. His wife Abaya'a died in the following year. See also Kwakwaka'wakw Willie Seaweed Ellen Neel Ida Halpern Notes References 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. Hawthorn, Audrey. (1988). Kwakiutl Art. University of Washington Press. . Cranmer, Barb. Mungo Martin a slender thread: The legacy'' About Martin Ask Art Biography Windsor Great Park Totem Pole 1879 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Canadian painters 20th-century First Nations sculptors Canadian male painters First Nations musicians First Nations painters Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw woodcarvers Northwest Coast art Totem pole carvers 20th-century Canadian male artists