Aztec Sculptures, Figurines, Ceramics, Codices, Celts, Jewelry. Mosaics, Musical Instruments, 1963-1996
File — Box: 2, 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1963-1996
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: One slide taped in back. Illustrations from Codex Borbonicus, Telleriano, and Borgia, redrawn. 1/1982.
Sheet 2: One slide taped in back. Codex illustrations. Standing stone nude figurine. 1/1982, 2/1983.
Sheet 3: Ceramic figurines. Stone Xiuhtecuhtli. Most slides marked with dimensions. 12/1963, 8/1968, 9/1968.
Sheet 4: Twelve slides taped in back. INAH commercial slide: stone mosaic disk. Ceramic plates, temple model, water drum. Codex Humboldt images. Obsidian and wood mirror. Hackmack box illustration. Stone and ceramic figurines, stone reliefs. Most slides marked with descriptions. Most slides marked with dimensions. 2/1983, 12/1990.
Sheet 5: Two slides in professional housings. On slide taped on left side. One slide taped in back. Stone: Tlazolteotl, Tezcatilpoca, Skeletal Xoxotl greenstone, calendar stone, chacmool, jaguar, snake, Coatlicue. Valdivia (Ecuador) stone figure. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1968, 3/1969, 6/1972, 1/1982, 6/1989, 4/1996, 9/1996, 2/1997, 12/1997
Sheet 6: Twelve slides taped in back. Aztec, Stone: painted snake, Tlaloc vessel, incensario Coatlicue, rodent, jaguar. Ceramic: pitcher, figural vessel, shell form. Culture unknown alabaster and obsidian lidded figural container, alabaster animal heads. Mixtec figurines. Mezcala figurine. Mixtec/Aztec ceramic incensario. Codex page. Several slides marked with titles/descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 6/1963, 4/1996, 9/1996.
Sheet 7: Five slides taped in back. Aztec jadeite celt. Codex pages. Ceramic plate. Stone coatlicue from MNA. Pages of National Geographic magazine. Fake aztec metal figurine. Aztec maps. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 4/1964, 1/1982, 1/1986, 10/1990, 1/1991
Sheet 8: Twelve slides taped in back. Stone: Ehecatl, Tacubaya style monkey, relief carved cylinder. Codex pages. 8/1963, 8/1968, 6/1977.
Sheet 9: Two slides taped in back. Stone and ceramic temple forms. Codex pages. Ceramic incensarios and figurines. Feather work shield. Ceramic sello. A few slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 4/1965, 4/1968, 7/1968, 8/1968, 9/1968, 6/1977.
Sheet 10: Quartz figurines, skull. Stone monkey vessel. Ceramic figurines. Wooden snake, atlatl, paddle with obsidian blades. Ceramic temple forms. Carved and incised antler. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 8/1963, 12/1963, 4/1968, 7/1968, 9/1968, 6/1977, 7/1992.
Sheet 11: Fifteen slides taped in back. Mixtec stone figurines. Teotihuacan greenstone mask. Aztec: stone reliefs, maize goddess and other figurines, mask, ceramic flutes, alabaster and stone rattle staff effigy. Shell ornaments. Oaxaca jadeite carving. All slides marked with titles/descriptions. Most slides marked with dimensions. Undated.
Sheet 12: Three slides in professional housing. Four slides taped in back. Aztec stone: Tlazolteotl, Coatlicue, Coyolxauhqui, maize goddess, stone inlaid flint knives, lidded box, mosaic masks, mosaic ornament, mosaic feline vessel. Ceramic pipe, plates, tripod vessel. Codex illustrations. Several slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with titles/descriptions. 7/1968, 5/1970, 7/1992, 8/1992, 9/1996.
Sheet 13: One slide taped in back. Stone: Cuauhxicalli relief, boxes, beads and cylinders with relief carvings, jadeite and onyx figurines, Tlaloc vessel. One slide marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 10/1963, 12/1963, 4/1968, 8/1968, 6/1972, 6/1977, 12/1982.
Sheet 14: One slide taped in back. One slide discolored (pink). Stone relief disks and reliefs. Stone Xochiquetzal(?) figurine. One slide marked with description. 3/1965, 4/1968, 8/1968, 6/1972.
Sheet 15: Stone: Cuahxicalli figurines, chacmool, other stone reliefs. Photo of people in a canoe. Colonial era skeleton figurine. One slide marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 8/1963, 10/1963, 12/1963, 5/1965, 7/1968, 8/1968, 5/1970, 9/1976, 2/1983.
Sheet 16: Ceramic tripod bowls, head, figural vessel, and bowl, plates, foot fragment. Stone: date glyph bowl. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 12/1963, 3/1965 4/1968, 7/1968, 8/1968.
Sheet 17: Some dates illegible. British Museum commercial slides: mosaic double headed serpent and mosaic monkey vessel. Ceramic vessels an figural vessels. Stone date glyph bowl. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 9/1962, 10/1963, 12/1963, 4/1968, 7/1968.
Sheet 18: Two slides taped in back. Teo commercial slides. Stone: sun god figurine, andesite Quetzalcoatl, other figures, stone relief, mosaic masks. Ceramic tripod vessel. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 5/1965, 4/1966, 7/1968, 11/1970.
Sheet 19: Teponatzli and Tlapanhuehuetl drums. Tripod ceramic vessel or incensario. A few slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 10/1963, 7/1968, 8/1968.
Sheet 20: One slide taped in back. Teponatzli and Tlapanhuehuetl drums. Mosaic masks, skull, disk, flint knife, hat. Ceramic figurines. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1963, 12/1963, 7/1968, 8/1968, 9/1968, 1/1982.
Sheet 21: Ceramic temple form. Details of stone figurine faces. Teocalli stone (Throne of Moctezuma). 12/1963, 9/1968, 10/1982.
Sheet 22: One slide discolored (pink). Teocalli stone, Sun God relief, Birth of Tezcatlipoca, Stone of Tizoc, grass glyph, and other stone relief and figurine. Greenstone celt. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 9/1963, 10/1963, 12/1963, 4/1968, 8/1968, 3/1969.
Sheet 23: Seventeen slides taped in back. Stone: resting owl, monkey, Xochipichi, Cihuateotl, flea, Quetzalcoatl, Sun god relief, other reliefs and figurines, Bilmek vase pulque jar. Ceramic incensarios. All slides marked with titles/descriptions. Most slides marked with dimensions. Undated.
Sheet 24: Seven slides taped in back. Phyllite Bilmek Vase (pulque). Quartz jewelry. Jade sacrificial bowl. Jade figurines. Ceramic figurines and plate. Mixtec gold serpent adornment. Most slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with titles/descriptions. 8/1968, 9/1968, 7/1969, 6/1982.
Sheet 25: Eight slides taped in back. Photos of ceremony in Zacatecas. Ceramic tripod bowls, incensario. Mosaic masks, feline vessel, flint knife. Wooden inlaid figurine. Gold leaf atlatls. Several slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with titles/descriptions. Undated.
Sheet 26: Four slides taped in back. Photos of ceremony in Zacatecas. Teponaztli drum, drum fragment. Stone jaguar and bird sculptures, stone figurine holding cacao or pumpkin. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. Undated.
Sheet 2: One slide taped in back. Codex illustrations. Standing stone nude figurine. 1/1982, 2/1983.
Sheet 3: Ceramic figurines. Stone Xiuhtecuhtli. Most slides marked with dimensions. 12/1963, 8/1968, 9/1968.
Sheet 4: Twelve slides taped in back. INAH commercial slide: stone mosaic disk. Ceramic plates, temple model, water drum. Codex Humboldt images. Obsidian and wood mirror. Hackmack box illustration. Stone and ceramic figurines, stone reliefs. Most slides marked with descriptions. Most slides marked with dimensions. 2/1983, 12/1990.
Sheet 5: Two slides in professional housings. On slide taped on left side. One slide taped in back. Stone: Tlazolteotl, Tezcatilpoca, Skeletal Xoxotl greenstone, calendar stone, chacmool, jaguar, snake, Coatlicue. Valdivia (Ecuador) stone figure. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1968, 3/1969, 6/1972, 1/1982, 6/1989, 4/1996, 9/1996, 2/1997, 12/1997
Sheet 6: Twelve slides taped in back. Aztec, Stone: painted snake, Tlaloc vessel, incensario Coatlicue, rodent, jaguar. Ceramic: pitcher, figural vessel, shell form. Culture unknown alabaster and obsidian lidded figural container, alabaster animal heads. Mixtec figurines. Mezcala figurine. Mixtec/Aztec ceramic incensario. Codex page. Several slides marked with titles/descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 6/1963, 4/1996, 9/1996.
Sheet 7: Five slides taped in back. Aztec jadeite celt. Codex pages. Ceramic plate. Stone coatlicue from MNA. Pages of National Geographic magazine. Fake aztec metal figurine. Aztec maps. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 4/1964, 1/1982, 1/1986, 10/1990, 1/1991
Sheet 8: Twelve slides taped in back. Stone: Ehecatl, Tacubaya style monkey, relief carved cylinder. Codex pages. 8/1963, 8/1968, 6/1977.
Sheet 9: Two slides taped in back. Stone and ceramic temple forms. Codex pages. Ceramic incensarios and figurines. Feather work shield. Ceramic sello. A few slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 4/1965, 4/1968, 7/1968, 8/1968, 9/1968, 6/1977.
Sheet 10: Quartz figurines, skull. Stone monkey vessel. Ceramic figurines. Wooden snake, atlatl, paddle with obsidian blades. Ceramic temple forms. Carved and incised antler. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 8/1963, 12/1963, 4/1968, 7/1968, 9/1968, 6/1977, 7/1992.
Sheet 11: Fifteen slides taped in back. Mixtec stone figurines. Teotihuacan greenstone mask. Aztec: stone reliefs, maize goddess and other figurines, mask, ceramic flutes, alabaster and stone rattle staff effigy. Shell ornaments. Oaxaca jadeite carving. All slides marked with titles/descriptions. Most slides marked with dimensions. Undated.
Sheet 12: Three slides in professional housing. Four slides taped in back. Aztec stone: Tlazolteotl, Coatlicue, Coyolxauhqui, maize goddess, stone inlaid flint knives, lidded box, mosaic masks, mosaic ornament, mosaic feline vessel. Ceramic pipe, plates, tripod vessel. Codex illustrations. Several slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with titles/descriptions. 7/1968, 5/1970, 7/1992, 8/1992, 9/1996.
Sheet 13: One slide taped in back. Stone: Cuauhxicalli relief, boxes, beads and cylinders with relief carvings, jadeite and onyx figurines, Tlaloc vessel. One slide marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 10/1963, 12/1963, 4/1968, 8/1968, 6/1972, 6/1977, 12/1982.
Sheet 14: One slide taped in back. One slide discolored (pink). Stone relief disks and reliefs. Stone Xochiquetzal(?) figurine. One slide marked with description. 3/1965, 4/1968, 8/1968, 6/1972.
Sheet 15: Stone: Cuahxicalli figurines, chacmool, other stone reliefs. Photo of people in a canoe. Colonial era skeleton figurine. One slide marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 8/1963, 10/1963, 12/1963, 5/1965, 7/1968, 8/1968, 5/1970, 9/1976, 2/1983.
Sheet 16: Ceramic tripod bowls, head, figural vessel, and bowl, plates, foot fragment. Stone: date glyph bowl. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 12/1963, 3/1965 4/1968, 7/1968, 8/1968.
Sheet 17: Some dates illegible. British Museum commercial slides: mosaic double headed serpent and mosaic monkey vessel. Ceramic vessels an figural vessels. Stone date glyph bowl. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 9/1962, 10/1963, 12/1963, 4/1968, 7/1968.
Sheet 18: Two slides taped in back. Teo commercial slides. Stone: sun god figurine, andesite Quetzalcoatl, other figures, stone relief, mosaic masks. Ceramic tripod vessel. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 5/1965, 4/1966, 7/1968, 11/1970.
Sheet 19: Teponatzli and Tlapanhuehuetl drums. Tripod ceramic vessel or incensario. A few slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 10/1963, 7/1968, 8/1968.
Sheet 20: One slide taped in back. Teponatzli and Tlapanhuehuetl drums. Mosaic masks, skull, disk, flint knife, hat. Ceramic figurines. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1963, 12/1963, 7/1968, 8/1968, 9/1968, 1/1982.
Sheet 21: Ceramic temple form. Details of stone figurine faces. Teocalli stone (Throne of Moctezuma). 12/1963, 9/1968, 10/1982.
Sheet 22: One slide discolored (pink). Teocalli stone, Sun God relief, Birth of Tezcatlipoca, Stone of Tizoc, grass glyph, and other stone relief and figurine. Greenstone celt. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 9/1963, 10/1963, 12/1963, 4/1968, 8/1968, 3/1969.
Sheet 23: Seventeen slides taped in back. Stone: resting owl, monkey, Xochipichi, Cihuateotl, flea, Quetzalcoatl, Sun god relief, other reliefs and figurines, Bilmek vase pulque jar. Ceramic incensarios. All slides marked with titles/descriptions. Most slides marked with dimensions. Undated.
Sheet 24: Seven slides taped in back. Phyllite Bilmek Vase (pulque). Quartz jewelry. Jade sacrificial bowl. Jade figurines. Ceramic figurines and plate. Mixtec gold serpent adornment. Most slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with titles/descriptions. 8/1968, 9/1968, 7/1969, 6/1982.
Sheet 25: Eight slides taped in back. Photos of ceremony in Zacatecas. Ceramic tripod bowls, incensario. Mosaic masks, feline vessel, flint knife. Wooden inlaid figurine. Gold leaf atlatls. Several slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with titles/descriptions. Undated.
Sheet 26: Four slides taped in back. Photos of ceremony in Zacatecas. Teponaztli drum, drum fragment. Stone jaguar and bird sculptures, stone figurine holding cacao or pumpkin. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. Undated.
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
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