George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive

The Bill Reid Centre's George and Joanne MacDonald Image Archive contains images of Northwest Coast First Peoples, their villages, and their visual and material belongings. Many of the images collected by the MacDonalds are not unique, and can be found in museums and archives around the world. Throughout his career, Dr. MacDonald sought to bring these important resources together under one roof with the intent of creating access for Northwest Coast First Nations, and in particular artists, whose passion for historic imagery and visual documentation of their cultural belongings he witnessed first-hand. The archive is a reflection of the MacDonalds' research interests, their careers in archaeology and anthropology, their many relationships in the field, and their deep respect and admiration of the diverse nations of the Northwest Coast.

Contributed by The Bill Reid Centre, Simon Fraser University.

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Fan Boat

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Propeller for a fan boat

Fan Boat

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Fan propelled boat

Feast at Xwamdasbeʼ

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Date: 1881 to 1884
Name(s): Dossetter, Edward
Description: Feast in progress at Xwamdasbe'.

Feast Dish

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Woodworm feast dish. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Features from Historic Times

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Date: 1970 to 1975
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Old Kitselas saw mill tracks

Field of Totems

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Date: 1901
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F.‏ (Charles Frederick),‏ ‎1851-1924
Description: Poles and mortuaries dotting the hillside at Chaatl.

Figure at the Base of the Cannibal Giant

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The Cannibal Giant (Goo-Teekhl) or Wild Man gravestone is modeled after the Cannibal Giant pole in the Frog House of Klukwan. The Giant was captured and burned by hunters but returned in the form of mosquitos to continue to feed on them. The stone is marble and the design is adapted by a white carver with the engraved name of "Tool-cutch-a- koo-nook." The cannibal is holding a dead Tlingit.

Figure at the top of the pole

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: When standing, this pole showed a human figure with crossed arms wearing a frog hat. Below is Gonakadet, and what appears to be a child, holding a whale. The bottom figure looks like a wolf or possibly a Sea Grizzly.

Figure Carved in Stone

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: Human figure carved in the rock

Figure Carved in the Rock

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: carved images in stone. Thisi appears to be a human or ancestral figure.

Figure Detail

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: This is the Gonakadet mortuary pole that once had a killer whale hat on top of it. It has two empty spaces in the back for holding remains. The tenon that attahced the killer whaleon top can still be seen.

Figure Detail

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Top section on a weathered totem pole. The middle figure is human-like with a ring around it's head. The base figure has a bird's body and a large human face with a labrette in the bottom lip. The reaminder of the pole is blank with a seated or crouching figure wearing a top hat at the top. The figure on top appears to have hollow eyes carved through to the back of the pole. It is not the same pole as the Proud Raven (Lincoln) Pole.

Figure from Behind

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Welcome or potlatch figure on the shore. This figure has a tree grwoing form the top giving the appearance of hair.

Figure in coffin

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Museum display with shaman figure in coffin.

Figure in the Ray of the Sun

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Date: 1972
Description: Detail of sun mask by Walter Harris Art works created by students of the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art located at the 'Ksan Historical Village.