"On the Trails of the Iroquois" Exhibit at the Bundeskunsthalle

Manfred Schmitz has been able to acquire a limited license from the Bundeskunsthalle for the use of these images until the end of August at which time they will be delete from Contemporary Makers Blog.

John Verelst (1670–1740) Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow, König der Maquas (Mohawk) 1710, 

Öl auf Leinwand Library and Archives Canada, Gatineau, QC

Knife sheath Iroquoise or Algonquian mid 18th century 

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Oil Painting from Benjamin West (1738-1820)  General Johnson 

1764-1768  

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Thomas Hicks (after Robert Walter Weir) Sagoyewatha (Red Jacket) 1868, Oil Painting  

National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC

Quillt bag 18th century 

Peter der Große Museum für Anthropologie und Ethnographie der Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg

This is the piece that was reproduced by Michael Galban that is part of the exhibit that was posted here.

bag  St. Lorenz-Valley early 18th century   

Musée du quai Branly, Paris

sash great lakes mid 18th century   

Musée du quai Branly, Paris

Copy and photos supplied by Contemporary Makers' European Correspondent, Manfred Schmitz.

The Longhouse at the Bundeskunsthalle from "On the Trails of the Iroquois" Exhibit

outside the longhouse

I have been to the exhibit at the Bundeskunsthalle and I must say it was great!! You are not allowed to make pictures of the items.

Copy and photos supplied by Contemporary Makers' European Correspondent, Manfred Schmitz.

"On the Trails of the Iroquois" from the Exhibit

reconstruction of an Iroquois longhouse in Bonn Germany, accompanying the exhibition "On the Trails of the Iroquois"

Images from the Facebook page of the Brundeskunsthalle.