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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Cultural Artifact

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Date: 1926
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Object of the Gitselasu photographed by Marious Barbeau.

Cultural Artifact Conservation

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Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Restored head from pole at Kiusta at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Cumshewa Aerial

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Date: 1968
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: An aerial photograph of the Cumshewa village site and the burial island.

Cumshewa Hosue

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Date: 1932
Name(s): Inverarity, Robert Bruce, 1909-1999
Description: Unknown house at Cumshewa.

Cumshewa House Row

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Date: 1901
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F.‏ (Charles Frederick),‏ ‎1851-1924
Description: A view of the house row and poles from the beach. The frontal pole from the Frog House is lying on the beach during a conservation project that took the poles to the American Museum of Natural History.

Cumshewa Mortuary

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Date: 1878
Name(s): Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901
Description: Mortuary poles associated with Hair Seal House .

Cumshewa Panorama

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Date: 1905
Description: Looking west from the east end of the village. In the foreground is a memorial pole featuring a tall column with a beaver at the base and eight potlatch cylinders on the shaft above.

Cumshewa Poles

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Date: 1901
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F.‏ (Charles Frederick),‏ ‎1851-1924
Description: Poles associated with the Frog House and the House in Which There is Light.

Cumshewa Village

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Date: 1878
Name(s): Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901
Description: Left to right, Sky House, Hair Seal House, and House that Makes a Great Noise.

Cumshewa Village

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Date: 1932
Name(s): Inverarity, Robert Bruce, 1909-1999
Description: Cumshewa monuments still standing in 1932.

Curing Ceremony

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Tlingit healing ceremony

Dagger Display

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Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), ‏ 1919-2002
Description: Numerous war knives on display. A number of double bladed daggers can be seen in the display. The remaining knives all have a carved pommel, some of which are inlaid with abalone.

Dagger Display

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Tlingit dagger with decorated pommel inlaid with abalone.

Dagger Handle

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Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Dagger handle with bear pommel.

Dagger Handle Detail

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Description: Carved dagger pommel with abalone inlay and spruce root wrapped handle.