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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Mouth

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Detail of the King Salmon at the base of the Raven post. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Multiplying Wolf

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of the Multiplying Wolf Post of Chief Anaaxoots. Didicated at the ©last potlatch© held on Japonski Island near Sitka on December 23, 1904. The hosts of the potlatch, the Kaagwaantaan clan, affirmed their social status by dedicating five monumental wooden carvings. The Multiplying Wolf Posts were carved by Silver Jim (Kichxook) and installed in James Jackson©s Wolf house. Notes from University of Pennsylvania, Expedition Magazine Vol 47 No 2

Multiplying Wolf

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The Multiplying Wolf Post of Chief Anaaxoots. Didicated at the ©last potlatch© held on Japonski Island near Sitka on December 23, 1904. The hosts of the potlatch, the Kaagwaantaan clan, affirmed their social status by dedicating five monumental wooden carvings. The Multiplying Wolf Posts were carved by Silver Jim (Kichxook) and installed in James Jackson©s Wolf house. Notes from University of Pennsylvania, Expedition Magazine Vol 47 No 2

Mungo Martins Sea Monster House

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Date: 1985
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: One of the most famous images for tourists is the Sea Monster House created by Mongo Martin at the Totem Park of the Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria. This rendition was inspired by the Sea Monster House at Gwayastums.

Museum

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Totem Poles outside the Prince Rupert Museum. The tall pole is a replica of a Nisga'a pole and the other two are replicas of Haida poles. They were carved by Tsimshian Chief, William Jeffery.

Museum display of charms and amulets

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Museum exhibiton of various charms and amulets, made of bone, stone, and argilite.

Museum display of shaman

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Composition "Healing a diseased man. Shaman with rattle in his hand drives "spirit of illness" away. The Tlingit. Mid 20th c.

Museum display of Shaman artifacts

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Museum exhibition shot with rattle, bird skull, eagle feather fan, claw crown.

Museum display of shaman tools

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Museum exhibition display, with claw crown, eagle feather fan, pouch with rocks.

Museum display with various figures

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Various carved wooden figures, of a european settler, chief figure, and killer whale fin.

Museum Label for Tsawit Pole

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Date: 1992
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Museum Label reads: ""Totem Pole Red cedar carved in about 1855 by Oyea Tait, Nishga group of the Tsimshian people, Angyada village, British Columbia, Canada 1930.291 The pole was carved in memory of a Nishga chief, Tsawit. It is 11.3 meters (37 feet) high and originally stood in front of the house of Tsawit's relatives in Angyada village on the Nass River. In 1929 the pole was purchased from its owner by the Royal Scottish Museum. The carved figures are the totems, or crests, of Tsawit's…

Nahwitti Fishing Camp

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Date: 1885
Name(s): Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901
Description: Nahwitti fishing camp on Balaclava Island, Strait of Georgia, August 15, 1885.

Necklace with Abalone pendant

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Description: necklace made of dentalia, and beads supporting an abalone pendant.

Neesh Loot Thunderbird and Crane Totem

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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.

Netting Eulachon

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Date: 1895 to 1905
Name(s): Blankenberg, J. M.
Description: Dip netting for eulachon fish on the Chilkat River.