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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Cape Fox

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Cape Fox

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Cape Fox

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Cape Fox

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Cape Fox

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Cape Fox

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Cape Fox

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Captured Sea Lion

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of the carved and painted formline panels. The elaborate panels are a mix of human-like figures and water based figures. The panels likely tell the legend of the Strong Man or the Lazy Son in Law. These stories are often illustrated by Gonakadet and Duk-toohl.

Caribou Antler Club

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Intricately carved caribou antler club with wind pipe well defined.

Caribou Antler Club

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Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), ‏ 1919-2002
Description: Carved and decorated caribou antler club inlaid with abalone.

Caribou Club

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Athabaskan caribou antler club. Possibly traded to Tlingit. Image taken at Khabarovsk (Siberia), town on the Amour river.

Caribou War Club

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Caribou antler club missing the blade.

Caribou War Club

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Caribou antler club missing the blade.

Carrying a Post

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Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Returning Whale house posts to Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Cartridge Case

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Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), ‏ 1919-2002
Description: Cartridge case made from wood and leather. The carved and painted wooden portion represents a bear. Old ammunition casings are still inside the pouch.