Nyamwezi, Kongo, Dogon, Fanti, Bamana, Baule, Tchokwe, Ibo, Mali, Senufo, Benin, Ashanti, Nigeria, 2000-2002
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-4
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection includes around 78,000 35mm slides and a small number of film negatives photographed by Furst. There are also commercially purchased slides and some taken by a few other photographers, including his wife, Dee Furst. Furst used this collection for his teaching and research. The image topics include: pre-Hispanic and colonial era Latin American art and architecture; pre-Columbian, colonial, modern, and contemporary Native American ceremonial, tourist, and functional art objects, fine art, and cultural photographs; Asian and Siberian art and cultural artifacts; and photographs of flora and fauna specimens. The collection includes Furst's visits to many pre-Hispanic archaeological sites, as well as his trips to Europe. Many of the photographs are from museum collections, as well as galleries and private collections, with a significant number of images from the pre-Columbian expert David Stuart's gallery collections in Los Angeles.
Collection was received as binders of slides labeled by Furst into groups believed to correspond to lecture and research groupings. Furst's binder arrangement is preserved in folders, with each folder or folder group corresponding to one of the original binders. Slide order within binders/folders has generally been preserved; but binders have been alphabetized by topic. Collection was first received by the Bunting Visual Resources Library at the University of New Mexico and was later transferred to the Center for Southwest Research in 2016 and was processed in 2019. Specific identifying information is recorded in "general" notes with the archival object file records. A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher. The proposed book would have been titled "Shamanism and Arts of Ecstasy" and proposal materials include slides, prints, correspondence and an incomplete manuscript.
Collection was received as binders of slides labeled by Furst into groups believed to correspond to lecture and research groupings. Furst's binder arrangement is preserved in folders, with each folder or folder group corresponding to one of the original binders. Slide order within binders/folders has generally been preserved; but binders have been alphabetized by topic. Collection was first received by the Bunting Visual Resources Library at the University of New Mexico and was later transferred to the Center for Southwest Research in 2016 and was processed in 2019. Specific identifying information is recorded in "general" notes with the archival object file records. A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher. The proposed book would have been titled "Shamanism and Arts of Ecstasy" and proposal materials include slides, prints, correspondence and an incomplete manuscript.
Dates
- 2000-2002
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 78,000 items (31 boxes) : 78,000 film transparencies; 9 color prints ; 35 mm slides and negatives
General
Sheet 1: Unlabeled masks and figurines. June 2001.
Sheet 2: Unlabeled masks and figurines. June 2001.
Sheet 3: Nyamwezi figurines, Kongo enema funnel, Dogon wood staffs. Some dimensions given. 2001.
Sheet 4: unlabeled brass currency bracelets. 2001.
Sheet 5: Baule figurines, Kuba vessels, unlabeled masks and currency bracelets. 2001.
Sheet 6: Senufo figurine, unlabeled metal objects. September 2001.
Sheet 7: Fanti and unlabeled figurines, unlabeled masks. 2001.
Sheet 8: All images are of the same object. Ashanti metal figural vessel. July 2001.
Sheet 9: Dan and Baule masks, Senufo and Baule figurines. Most dimensions given. 2001.
Sheet 10: Unlabeled metal objects and mask. June 2001.
Sheet 11: Fanti, Dogon, and Bamana figurines, Dan and Bamana masks. 2001.
Sheet 12: Tchokwe mask, Yoruba staff, unlabeled figurines and staffs. 2001.
Sheet 13: Baule object, Nigeria currency, unlabeled figurines, and other objects. 2000-2.
Sheet 14: Dan, Kuba, and Angola masks. 2002.
Sheet 15: Benin and Nigeria bronze and brass bells, Nigeria brass vessels and Nigeria and Mali bracelets. 2000.
Sheet 16: Tchokwe and Kuba vessels, Baule medicine man gong, baule slingshot, metal bracelets, Dogon object. 2000; 2002.
Sheet 17: Metal Ibo objects, Mali copper bracelets. May 2000.
Sheet 18: Mali and Dogon copper and brass bracelets. Some info and most dimensions given. May 2000.
Sheet 19: Dogon brass ring, Mali copper and brass bracelets. Dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 20: Dogon brass ring, Mali copper and brass bracelets. Dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 21: Mali copper and brass bracelets. Dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 22: Mali copper and brass bracelets. Dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 23: Unlabeled metal bracelets. March 2000.
Sheet 24: Unlabeled staffs. July 2000.
Sheet 25: Unlabeled views of same figurine. January 2000.
Sheet 26: Dogon brass ring, Nigeria bracelet, Ashanti object. Some dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 27: Bakongo figurine, Mali mask. July 2000.
Sheet 2: Unlabeled masks and figurines. June 2001.
Sheet 3: Nyamwezi figurines, Kongo enema funnel, Dogon wood staffs. Some dimensions given. 2001.
Sheet 4: unlabeled brass currency bracelets. 2001.
Sheet 5: Baule figurines, Kuba vessels, unlabeled masks and currency bracelets. 2001.
Sheet 6: Senufo figurine, unlabeled metal objects. September 2001.
Sheet 7: Fanti and unlabeled figurines, unlabeled masks. 2001.
Sheet 8: All images are of the same object. Ashanti metal figural vessel. July 2001.
Sheet 9: Dan and Baule masks, Senufo and Baule figurines. Most dimensions given. 2001.
Sheet 10: Unlabeled metal objects and mask. June 2001.
Sheet 11: Fanti, Dogon, and Bamana figurines, Dan and Bamana masks. 2001.
Sheet 12: Tchokwe mask, Yoruba staff, unlabeled figurines and staffs. 2001.
Sheet 13: Baule object, Nigeria currency, unlabeled figurines, and other objects. 2000-2.
Sheet 14: Dan, Kuba, and Angola masks. 2002.
Sheet 15: Benin and Nigeria bronze and brass bells, Nigeria brass vessels and Nigeria and Mali bracelets. 2000.
Sheet 16: Tchokwe and Kuba vessels, Baule medicine man gong, baule slingshot, metal bracelets, Dogon object. 2000; 2002.
Sheet 17: Metal Ibo objects, Mali copper bracelets. May 2000.
Sheet 18: Mali and Dogon copper and brass bracelets. Some info and most dimensions given. May 2000.
Sheet 19: Dogon brass ring, Mali copper and brass bracelets. Dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 20: Dogon brass ring, Mali copper and brass bracelets. Dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 21: Mali copper and brass bracelets. Dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 22: Mali copper and brass bracelets. Dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 23: Unlabeled metal bracelets. March 2000.
Sheet 24: Unlabeled staffs. July 2000.
Sheet 25: Unlabeled views of same figurine. January 2000.
Sheet 26: Dogon brass ring, Nigeria bracelet, Ashanti object. Some dimensions given. 2000.
Sheet 27: Bakongo figurine, Mali mask. July 2000.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu