69 a museum exhibition, especially given the rich heritage of historical and ethnographic documents and works of art, both of Iroquois and of Western origin. Perhaps the sheer complexity of the task discouraged previous attempts. Indeed it took a century and a half to produce a second comprehensive book on the Iroquois after Lewis Henry Morgan’s League of the Ho-de’-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois (1851), which was also the first monograph ever written on a Native North American society. On the Trails of the Iroquois, shown at the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn, Germany, from March 22 to August 4, 2013 (and subsequently at the Martin-Gropius- Bau in Berlin, from October 18, 2013, to January 6, 2014), is thus the first noteworthy exhibition on the Iroquois ever produced, and it is a must for anyone even remotely interested in the Iroquois or in Native American arts and cultures in general. Curated by Sylvia S. Kasprycki, who has previously co-curated two exhibitions FIG. 3: Hair ornament. Iroquois (attributed). Late 18th century. Porcupine quills, tinplate, cut feathers, leather, deer hair. L: 50 cm. Kunstkamera—Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, cat. no. 1900-7. FIG. 4: Basket. Saint Lawrence River Valley (Iroquois or Huron?). Early 18th century. Vegetable fibers, moose hair. W: 13 cm. Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, cat. no. 71.1878.32.71 (Bibliothèque Nationale collection). FIG. 5: Pipe bowl. Iroquois (attributed). First half of 17th century. Wood, shell, copper. 14 x 4 cm. Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, cat. no. Dc.16 (Ole Worm Collection).
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