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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Side view of carved Monument

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The side of a deteriorated pole. The base is a human-like figure with a whale above it

Side View of Gaum's Interior Post

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Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Interior house post of House of Gaum named Whole Being. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Side View of House Post

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Base of a house support post. The carved figure appears to be a wolf biting its tail.

Side View of House Post

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). This post was carved by Kadjisdu.axtc.

Side View of Memorial

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Profile of Heiltsuk grave figure.

Side View of Welcome Figure

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: ""Welcome pole on the flats Disappeared (stolen) in the late 1960's. There used to be two poles at the mouth of the river. One with its hands out and this one with its hands up. Every pole that is erected is supposed to face the water- the other pole was on the opposite side of the river (information provided by Gwa'yi community). ""

Side View of Whole Being Pole

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The Whole Being Pole belonged to house five on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Side View: Whole-Person or Maw' (Eagle) pole

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Date: 1920 to 1925
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Perched at the top is the Eagle or Live-Eagle followed by a large undecorated space, and then the figures known as Whole-Person, All-Men or Rafters. The bottom has two Humans one above the other. The top human has their hands on their knees, and the bottom human has their hands raised.

Side: Beaver Memorial

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: This large memorial was erected for a brother of Captain Klue. The brother was among a number who were drowned while fishing near K'uuna. The figure at the base is a beaver with fourteen potlatch cylinders above it.

Side: Eagle Mortuary

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: View of the eagle mortuary from the side. Note the carvings on the wings are still clear, and the blunt face where the separately carved beak has fallen off.

Side: Eagle Mortuary

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The eagle mortuary standing amongst the vegetation. The blunt face would have originally had a beak that was separately carved and then attached to the figure.

Side: Standing Bear Memorial

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Date: 1937
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: This memorial pole depicts a grizzly bear with a plain column above its head. Small owl figures are carved in the ears of the bear.

Side: Two-Finned Killer Whale Mortuary

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The two-finned killer whale mortuary is shown here with a tree growing through the base of the pole.

Sign to Village

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Description: Ksan Village sign

Silhouetted Welcome Figure

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Welcome pole on the flats that Disappeared, or was stolen, in the late 1960's. There used to be two poles at the mouth of the river. One with its hands out and this one with its hands up. Every pole that is erected is supposed to face the water- the other pole was on the opposite side of the river (information provided by Gwa'yi community).