Tony Hunt Sr.

Tony Hunt Sr. OBC RCA (24 August 1942 – 15 December 2017) was a Canadian First Nations artist noted for his KwaGulth style paintings and totem poles, which he carved from single cedar logs.

The youth received early training from his maternal grandfather Mungo Martin.

In 1984 Kraft Foods, Inc. commissioned Tony Hunt to carve a replacement totem pole, Kwanusila (Thunderbird), for a Kwakwaka'wakw pole donated by James L. Kraft, industrialist, to the city of Chicago in 1929.

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.

Thunderbird House Totem Pole, Stanley Park , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada