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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Bear Detail 2

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Bear post. Killer Whale long dorsal fin house, Kagwantan clan.

Bear Detail 3

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Bear post. Killer Whale long dorsal fin house, Kagwantan clan.

Bear Detail 4

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Bear post. Killer Whale long dorsal fin house, Kagwantan clan.

Bear Face Detail

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a carved bear head from a fallen totem pole.

Bear Face Detail

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a bear figure at the top of a mortuary pole.

Bear Frontal Pole

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Description: House for a Large Crowd of People frontal pole that features many bear figures. It was taken to Prince Rupert and then transferred to the Royal British Columbia Museum in 1965.

Bear Frontal Pole

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Description: House for a Large Crowd of People frontal pole that features many bear figures. It was taken to Prince Rupert and then transferred to the Royal British Columbia Museum in 1965.

Bear Gate Post

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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.

Bear Grave Totem at Sukwan

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A remaining monumental, which was a grave totem. The figure is of a mother bear, beside her were two cubs, all whom were holding salmon. The cubs were traded for two marble slabs for grave stones the mother bear watched over.

Bear Grave Totem at Sukwan

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A remaining monumental, which was a grave totem. The figure is of a mother bear, beside her were two cubs, all whom were holding salmon. The cubs were traded for two marble slabs for grave stones the mother bear watched over.

Bear Grave Totem at Sukwan

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A remaining monumental, which was a grave totem. The figure is of a mother bear, beside her were two cubs, all whom were holding salmon. The cubs were traded for two marble slabs for grave stones the mother bear watched over.

Bear Grave Totem at Sukwan

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A remaining monumental, which was a grave totem. The figure is of a mother bear, beside her were two cubs, all whom were holding salmon. The cubs were traded for two marble slabs for grave stones the mother bear watched over.

Bear Holding Tail

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The middle section of a pole. The figure represents a wolf or judging from the snout, teeth and ears. It is holding the tail of the figure below in its mouth

Bear House

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Date: 1885
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: Bear House, Kagwantan clan

Bear House Post

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Date: 1905
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F.‏ (Charles Frederick),‏ ‎1851-1924
Description: Bear holding a man depicted on a house post at T'akus, Smith Inlet.