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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Painting

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Date: 1972
Description: Gitksan warrior print by Vernon Stephens. Formline painting created at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art, Ksan Historical Village. Art works created by students of the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art located at the 'Ksan Historical Village.

Painting

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Housefront painting by Fort Seward. The Design is of a Raven and a Whale.

Painting a Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing decorating a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Painting a Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing decorating a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Painting a Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing decorating a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Painting a Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing decorating a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Painting a Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing decorating a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Painting a Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing decorating a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Painting a Screen

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Screen carved and painted for Royal Bank's Headquarters on Georgia Street, Vancouver. This 9-panel frieze was created by Earl Muldoe, Art Sterritt, Walter Harris, Alfred Joseph and Ken Mowatt.

Painting Eyebrows

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing decorating a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Painting the Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing decorating a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Painting the Raven House

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Housefront painting by Fort Seward. The Design is of a Raven and a Whale.

Panel Detail

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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.

Panels in the Background

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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 figurse. 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.

Panting Wolf

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The Panting Wolf Post Dedicated 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 Panting Wolf house post was raised up by pulleys and attached to the front of Jacob Yarkon's (Xeitxut©ch) World House. Notes from University of Pennsylvania, Expedition Magazine Vol 47 No 2