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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Figure Inside a Burial House

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Date: 1925
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Inside one of the burial houses of the lower village sits this carved human figure. The figure was carved in memory of a person who passed away, and wears the clothes of the deceased.

Figure on Reid Pole

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid Pole raised at Skidegate Band Office in 1978

Figure on Whole Being Pole

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Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: The Whole Being Pole. Belonged to house five on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Figures Carved in Stone

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Figures on Fog Woman Pole

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a section of the Fog Woman pole.

Figures on Memorial

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Whale and figure with upturned hands at Willie Moon grave site

Figures on Panels

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Carved and painted formline panels. The elaborate panels are a mix of human-like figures and water based figures. The panels likely tell the legend of the Strong Man or the Lazy Son in Law. These stories are often illustrated by Gonakadet and Duk-toohl.

Figures on Whole Being Pole

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The Whole Being Pole. House five on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Filleting Salmon after Smoking

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Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison processing smoked salmon. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan also produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.

Filleting Salmon after Smoking

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Date: 1972
Description: Elsie Morrison processing smoked salmon. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan also produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.

Filleting Smoked Salmon

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Date: 1972
Description: Processing smoked salmon. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan also produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.

Filleting Smoked Salmon

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Date: 1972
Description: Processing smoked salmon. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan also produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.

Filleting the Smoked Salmon

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Date: 1972
Description: Elsie Morrison smoking salmon. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan also produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.

Fine Carving a Dish

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing carving at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Fine Knife Work

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Unknown artist carving a screen.