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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Bone charm of man #3

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Description: Ivory charm carved to depict a humanoid male.

Bone charms shot #1

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: museum exhibition shot, with multiple shaman charms displayed

Bone charms shot #2

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: museum exhibition shot displaying multiple charms.

Bone mortars

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Description: Mortars fabricated from bone, hollowed out and relief carved with images of possibly eagle and raven imagery.

Bone necklace and charms

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Description: Shaman necklace."People of the totem" image.

Bone necklace with amulet

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Description: Shamanistic necklace, made of bones and several amulets.

Bone Pommel

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Description: Headdress Carving-A2466. This carving appears to be on a dagger pommel.

Bone soul catcher

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Name(s): Duff, Wilson, 1925-1976
Description: Bone soul catcher depicting land otter of bear. With abalone inlay in eyes and nostrils

Bone soul catcher

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Description: Soul catcher fabricated from bone, hole bored in centre with tapered ends with hachure markings.

Bone soul catcher

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Description: Soul catcher, carved from bone in form of land otters or bears and central face with Inlaid abalone.

Bone soul catcher

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Description: Bone soul catcher, made in typical double wolf/serpent design. But without any teeth incorporated in the design, nor central figure.

Bottom Detail: Wolf Post Re-carving

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Date: 1953
Name(s): R. Carter, R.
Description: Close-up of the bottom of a re-carving of an interior house post from Wolf House. Depicts an inverted bear with wolf tail in its mouth. Original post was located at the back wall of Wolf House.

Bottom of Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Bottom of Whole Being Pole

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The Whole Being Pole.

Bow

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Description: Bow from the Cook collection in Florence, Italy.