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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Sukwan Tombstones

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Tombstones at the Sukwan village site.

Sukwan Tombstones

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Tombstones at the Sukwan village site. Behind the stones are two overgrown posts, which could be either mortuary or house posts.

Sun and Raven

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: From plack at base ""Sun and Raven figures from top down. Raven before the flood, Children of the sun, face of the sun, Raven after flood, fish the raven saw, frog"". Totem Park near Ketchikan, Alaska. The totems at Saxman were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages.

Sun and Raven Detail

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: From plack at base ""Sun and Raven figures from top down. Raven before the flood, Children of the sun, face of the sun, Raven after flood, fish the raven saw, frog"". Totem Park near Ketchikan, Alaska. The totems at Saxman were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages.

Sun and Raven Pole

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: From plack at base ""Sun and Raven figures from top down. Raven before the flood, Children of the sun, face of the sun, Raven after flood, fish the raven saw, frog"". Totem Park near Ketchikan, Alaska. The totems at Saxman were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages.

Sun and Raven Totem

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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.

Sun and Raven Totem

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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.

Sun and Raven Totem

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain numbers and some descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. all slides read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Sun and Whale Totem

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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.

Sun Mask

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Description: Sun mask by Walter Harris. Art works created by students of the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art located at the 'Ksan Historical Village.

Sun Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Sun mask Art works created by students of the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art located at the 'Ksan Historical Village.

Sun Mask

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Description: Sun mask, rays of sun inlaid with 18 pieces of abalone.

Sun-Dogs Pole

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Date: 1920
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Detail of the base of the pole, showing the Thunderbird with a human face, three rows of circles or Sun-Dogs, and at the bottom, checkers or the Mountain Fern emblem.

Sun-Dogs Pole

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Date: 1924
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Detail of the Thunder-Bird with a human face; three rows of circles or Sun-Dogs; and at the bottom, checkers or the Mountain Fern emblem.

Supernatural Snag and Killer Whale Mortuary

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Date: 1924
Description: On the post was a supernatural snag in human form at the top and a killer whale at the base that is being obscured by vegetation. The front plaque of the mortuary was plain, with the high dorsal fin of the killer whale projecting above the plaque.