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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Rear Interior Post

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House) carved by Kadjisdu.axtc. The pole has a number of figures, the most prominent seem to be the shark and the octopus.

Rear of Feast Dish

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Detail of Woodworm feast dish showing rear section and tin patching that has taken place over the years. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Rear Post

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

Rear Posts and Screen

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Mudshark posts and dance screen at the rear of Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, One-to-whom-people-will-listen.

Rear View of Exterior Post

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Description: All Hat exterior house post. One of these posts sat at each corner of Gaum's house at the Gitladzawk fortress.

Rear Wing

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The design painted on the outside wing of an eagle monument. Located at the Sheldon Jackson Museum.

Red and Blue Helmet

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Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), ‏ 1919-2002
Description: Carved and painted war helmet depicting a human face with moustache and beard.

Regalia

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: People wearing their regalia

Regalia Display

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Artist Art Sterritt of Hazelton at Ksan village.

Regalia Display

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Artist Art Sterritt of Hazelton at Ksan village

Reid at Skidegate

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid Pole raised at Skidegate Band Office in 1978

Reid Pole

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid Pole raised at Skidegate Band Office in 1978

Reid Pole

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid Pole raised at Skidegate Band Office in 1978

Reid Pole

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a Bill Reid pole at the Haida Village at the Museum of Anthropology. At the centre of the complex are two Haida houses and six poles created between 1960 and 1962 by the late Haida artist Bill Reid and 'Namgis artist Doug Cranmer. The two cedar-plank houses are of great historical significance, and were likely the first traditional-style Haida dwellings to be built in the 20th century. 66-8-

Reid Pole Detail

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a Bill Reid pole at the Haida Village at the Museum of Anthropology. At the centre of the complex are two Haida houses and six poles created between 1960 and 1962 by the late Haida artist Bill Reid and 'Namgis artist Doug Cranmer. The two cedar-plank houses are of great historical significance, and were likely the first traditional-style Haida dwellings to be built in the 20th century. 67-7-