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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Whale House Painting 2

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Date: 1991
Name(s): Miller, G.
Description: Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

Whale House Painting 3

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Date: 1991
Name(s): Miller, G.
Description: Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

Whale House Painting 4

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Date: 1991
Name(s): Miller, G.
Description: Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

Whale House Painting 5

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Date: 1991
Name(s): Miller, G.
Description: Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

Whale House Posts

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: The Whale house posts of the Ganaxtedi clan were carved in high relief and also painted with red and blue-green pigment. Each illustrates an adventure of Raven or of some ancestor of the clan. Front to Back: Foreground: The sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass) Second from the right: The Black Skin Post (Dukt'ootl Gass) represents the famous Tlingit hero, Dukt'ootl. Next is the Wood Worm post In the distance is the Raven post

Whale House Posts

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: The Whale house posts were carved in high relief and also painted with red and blue-green pigment. Each illustrates an adventure of Raven or of some ancestor of the clan. The Black Skin or Strong Man Post (Dukt'ootl Gass) represents the famous Tlingit hero, Dukt'ootl. Wood worm post can be seen in the background. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Whale House Posts

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: The Whale house posts were carved in high relief and also painted with red and blue-green pigment. Each illustrates an adventure of Raven or of some ancestor of the clan. Left: The sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass) Centre Left: The Black Skin Post (Dukt'ootl Gass) represents the famous Tlingit hero, Dukt'ootl. Centre Right: Wood worm post Right: Raven PostWhale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Whale House Wealth

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Date: 1890 to 1895
Description: Various dolls, bowls, dishes, boxes, hats, and a Blunderbuss. This is some of the wealth displayed in the famous photographs of the Whale house taken by Winter and Pond.

Whale Memorial

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Date: 1941
Description: This memorial pole was originally erected after 1881, and is shown here after it has fallen. The pole features a watchman at the top wearing a dance hat with nine potlatch cylinders. Next, a plain shaft intervened, followed by a bear with extended tongue, and at the base a whale.

Whale Petroglyph

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Whale or sea creature petroglyph design

Whale Pole

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Date: 2008
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Totem poles at Kitselas Canyon representing Killer Whale clan. Carved by Stan Beven

Whale Screen

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Painted screen from Killer Whale house interior, Kagwantan clan.

Whale Teeth Detail

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a the carved mouth of a whale

Whale's Tail Being Painted

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Housefront painting by Fort Seward. The Design is of a Raven and a Whale.

Where-Meet-the-Moving-Blackfish

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Date: 1920 to 1925
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Where-Meet-the-Moving-Blackfish Pole raised by Hagbegwatu, which is found in the upper village. The totem pole has (Bird)-on-High with two attached horizontal blackfish with perforated fins.