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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Detail of Face on Exterior Post

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Detail of Face on Interior Post

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Interior house post of House of Gaum named Whole Being. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Detail of Face on Whole Being Pole

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of the Whole Being Pole. House five on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Detail of Face on Whole Being Pole

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of the Whole Being Pole. House five on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Detail of Faces on the Beaver House Post

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Date: 1971
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the beaver house post of Gitlaxdzawk representing the giant beaver Pelemgwae. Known as the Peleqwa House post, it belonged to the house of Iyoos. House one on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Detail of Feast Dish

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Date: 1895
Description: Detail of Woodworm feast dish from an historic photograph. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Detail of Figures on Glyph

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: Main Glyph' on Ringbolt Island.

Detail of Figures on Raven Pole

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: On-it-Sleeps Raven Pole. This pole was erected before 1884. It was re-erected and the raven on top re-carved in 1927 as a part of a National Museum of Canada project. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Detail of Flying Groundhog Pole

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of Flying Groundhog pole

Detail of Frog

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: This is the view looking up at one of three frogs on the pole. The frogs represent three Kiksadi women, Tlingit whom belong to the frog clan. The three women cohabitated with Chief Shakes' slaves. The pole is said to be a ridicule pole carved to force payment for the Kiksadi Chief who would not pay for Shakes housing the three women. The Kiksadi Chief had said the women disgraced themselves, by marrying beneath them

Detail of Frontal Pole

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Description: Totem Pole at house in 'Ksan Historical Village

Detail of Gaum's Interior Post

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Interior house post of House of Gaum named Whole Being. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Detail of Grave

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Figure with upturned hands at Willie Moon grave site

Detail of Grave Marker

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a Heiltsuk memorial pole or grave marker.

Detail of Grave Monument

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Figure with upturned hands at Willie Moon grave site