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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Posterior of Grizzly Bear Mortuary Post

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Posterior of a Mortuary post depicting a grizzly bear, with a cub between its legs, and human figures in the ears. It stood on an usual figure obscured by vegetation

Posterior of Grizzly Bear Mortuary Post

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Posterior of a Mortuary post depicting a grizzly bear, with a cub between its legs, and human figures in the ears. It stood on an usual figure obscured by vegetation

Posterior of Totem Poles in Skedans

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: posterior sides of totem poles in the village of Skedans

Posterior of Totem Poles in Skedans

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: posterior sides of totem poles in the village of Skedans

Posterior of Totem Poles in Skedans

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: posterior sides of totem poles in the village of Skedans

Posterior of Totem Poles in Skedans

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Posterior sides of a totem poles in Skedans.

Posterior of Totem Poles in Skedans

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Posterior sides of a totem poles in Skedans.

Posterior side of Howkan Memorial Pole

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remaining Kaigani Haida monumental poles at the village of Howkan. One difference from the Kaigani Haidas compared to the Haidas on Haida Gwaii is the ""ribbing"" in the ears. Both poles have the sgil (potlatch rings) above which likely means they are Memorial poles.

Posterior side of Howkan Memorial Pole

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remaining Kaigani Haida monumental poles at the village of Howkan. One difference from the Kaigani Haidas compared to the Haidas on Haida Gwaii is the ""ribbing"" in the ears. Both poles have the sgil (potlatch rings) above which likely means they are Memorial poles.

Posterior side of Mortuary Poles in sGang Gwaay

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Posterior of mortuary poles in the village of Sgang Gwaay (Ninstints)

Posterior side of Mortuary Poles in sGang Gwaay

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Posterior of mortuary poles in the village of Sgang Gwaay (Ninstints)

Posterior side of Mortuary Poles in sGang Gwaay

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Posterior of mortuary poles in the village of Sgang Gwaay (Ninstints)

Posterior Side of Poles

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Rear view of carved house posts

Posterior Side of Removed Frontal Pole from Tanu

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A frontal pole that was removed from the village of Tanu to the Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto. At the very top of the pole was the great horned owl, three watchmen, eagle, a cormorant, killer whale, and the beaver at the base.

Posts

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Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).