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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Nose-like-Cohoe Pole

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the Nose-like-Cohoe with his frog crest on his forehead. The large nose of the figure is shown clearly from this angle, and note the incised marks on the feet, knees and elbows.

Nose-like-Cohoe Pole

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the Nose-like-Cohoe with his frog crest on his forehead.

Nose-like-Cohoe Pole

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: At the top of the pole is a section of square shaft, followed by Corpse-Split-in-Two, Nose-like-Cohoe with his frog crest on his forehead, and then the Man-of-the-Wilds or Bush-Man with a frog in his hands. At the base of the pole are the Small-Children or Lying-Outwards-in-Water, and then Half-Way-Out or Man-of-the Wilds.

Ocean and Sky

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: View from Kitkatla.

Octopus and Mudshark

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: House post inside Chief Shakes' 'X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, One-to-whom-people-will-listen.

Octopus and Shark

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes were once inlayed with abalone.

Octopus and Shark Post

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: House post inside Chief Shakes' 'X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, One-to-whom-people-will-listen.

Octopus Shark House Post

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House)

Octupus

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Totem pole at Totem Bight near Ketchikan Alaska. The totems at Totem Bight were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages.

Old Bottle Found on Site

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: Historic debris found during site excavation.

Old House Interior

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Date: 1875 to 1885
Name(s): Brodeck, H. H.
Description: Very old interior posts on display

Old Man Helmet (left)

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Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), ‏ 1919-2002
Description: War helmet carved in the shape of an aged human face with a very distinct expression.

Old Man Helmet (right)

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Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), ‏ 1919-2002
Description: War helmet carved in the shape of an aged human face with a very distinct expression.

Old Man Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Mask created by Freda Diesing

Old Monument Remains in Tian

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remnants of an old monument