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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Carved figure at Saxman

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Totem poles at Saxman 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.

Carved figure on Reid Pole

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid Pole raised at Skidegate Band Office in 1978

Carved Figure or House Post

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Totem poles at Saxman 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.

Carved figures on Reid Pole

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid Pole raised at Skidegate Band Office in 1978

Carved formline staff

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Description: Detail view of wooden shaman staff, with ovoid eyes relief carving.

Carved formline staff #2

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Description: Wooden shaman staff, with ovoid eyes relief carving.

Carved formline staff #3

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Description: Detail shot of wooden shaman staff, with ovoid eyes relief carving.

Carved Head

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Berlin trophy head.

Carved House Post

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knight Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in a crushing blow to potlatching in December 1921.

Carved Human Figure

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: House post carved in the shape of a human or ancestral figure. Located at the mouth of Knight Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in a crushing blow to potlatching in December 1921.

Carved human shaped charm

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Description: shamanistic charm carved in image of humanoid, possibly transforming into bear.

Carved Mask

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

Carved Panel Doors

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Date: 1972
Description: Raven and Wolf designs door Art works created by students of the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art located at the 'Ksan Historical Village.

Carved Poles

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kadashan's poles seen throught the trees

Carved Post

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Date: 1972
Description: Carved House post (wolf) Art works created by students of the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art located at the 'Ksan Historical Village.