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Tony Hunt was born in 1942 at the Kwakwaka"wakw community of Alert Bay, British Columbia as the oldest of three sons of Henry Hunt and his wife.
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Each of the latter is carved in traditional fashion from a single cedar log. Through his maternal line, Hunt is a hereditary chief of the Kwakwaka"wakw. His father was a professional carver.
In 1970 Hunt opened the Arts of the Raven Gallery in Victoria.
In 1984 Tony Hunt was commissioned by Kraft, Incorporated. to carve a replacement totem pole, called Kwanusila (Thunderbird), for a Kwakiutl pole donated by James L. Kraft, industrialist, to the city of Chicago in 1929. lieutenant was installed at the waterfront of Lake Michigan.
After decades in the public park, the pole had suffered weather deterioration and vandalism. With new appreciation for its historic and cultural value, the original pole was sent to the museum in British Columbia for preservation and study.
Kwanusila is installed at the lakeside park.
2010, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia.
