Costa Rica, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, 1963-2004
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1963-2004
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: Some dates illegible. Ivory articulated figurine with head in stomach. Costa Rica incised feline ceramic figurine, polychrome tripod bowl, stone carved figurine head. Ancon burial bundle or figural textile sculpture. Moche copper cinnabar and gold mask. A few slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 11/1995, 6/2000.
Sheet 2: One slide has a loose label. Photos of peyote, Sophora secundiflora seeds, datura. Olmec jade tablet. Costa Rica polychrome figural vessels, ceramic figural whistles. Paracas incised bamboo snuff tube. Pachacamac snuff mortar. Chumash bowl. Datura seed pod effigy vessels. Ecuador coca chewer figurine. Greenstone carved object. Tepantitla mural. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 11/1963, 7/1964, 12/1964, 6/1967, 2/1971, 6/1972, 4/1981, 11/1993, 4/1995, 4/1996, 4/1999, 7/2002.
Sheet 3: One object date given. Two slides taped in back. Atacama snuff tablets. Darien pendants. Colima warrior figurine. Kaminaljuyu and other mushroom stone. Datura seed pod effigy vessels. Photo of datura seed pod. Plains metal pipe. Tepantitla mural. Huichol yarn art deer. Cubensis mushroom. Costa Rica polychrome tripod vessel. Photo of sword swallower. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 1/1965, 4/1969, 7/1969, 12/1979, 5/1981, 11/1986, 2/1990, 2/1996, 4/1999, 3/2001, 11/2004.
Sheet 4: One slide taped in back. Most object dates given. Venezuela Camay style ceramic figural bowls and figurine. Wooden polychrome mask. Illustration of indigenous dance. Most slides marked with dimensions. 10/1981, 10/1990, 5/1996.
Sheet 5: One slide discolored (pink). Teotihuacan stone and ceramic figurines, mask, incised ceramic vessels, ceramic sello, ceramic earspools, polychrome shell. Guerrero/Teotihuacan stone figurine. Painted parfleche. Inca snuff tube. Quimbaya Darien pendant. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 10/1963, 12/1963, 12/1964, 6/1965, 8/1969, 10/1970, 11/1990, 5/1994.
Sheet 6: Some dates illegible. A few object dates given. Sinu and Quimbaya Darien pendants. Inca silver kero. Mushroom stones. Maya enema figurine and ceramic vessel detail with enema iconography. Tepantitla mural. Nazca whalebone tablet. Casas Grandes smoking figural vessel. Aztec and Moche figural vessels. Cholula Drinker's mural. Tarascan ceramic pipe. Codex pages. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1962, 6/1972, 2/1982, 8/1994, 7/1995, 12/1996, 2/2003, 11/2004.
Sheet 7: One slide taped on left and top edges. One slide taped in back. Some dates illegible. Ballestas Islands earthwork photos. Maya ceramic figural vessel, enema figurine. Aztec pipes, Jalisco figural ceramic scene. Inca silver and gold keros. Aztec stone Xochipalli sculpture. Quimbaya darien pendant. Atacama snuff tablet. Nazca bamboo snuffer. Codex pages. Stone figurine. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked wih descriptions. 12/1963, 10/1994, 12/1996, 5/1997, 9/1997, 1/1998, 10/2000, 2/2003, 11/2004.
Sheet 8: Aztec pipes. Maya enema figurine. Inca silver kero. Chavin painted textile. Tiwanaku snuff tablet and snuffer. Costa Rica stone figurine. A few slides marked with dimensions. 12/1969, 9/1971, 5/1995.
Sheet 2: One slide has a loose label. Photos of peyote, Sophora secundiflora seeds, datura. Olmec jade tablet. Costa Rica polychrome figural vessels, ceramic figural whistles. Paracas incised bamboo snuff tube. Pachacamac snuff mortar. Chumash bowl. Datura seed pod effigy vessels. Ecuador coca chewer figurine. Greenstone carved object. Tepantitla mural. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 11/1963, 7/1964, 12/1964, 6/1967, 2/1971, 6/1972, 4/1981, 11/1993, 4/1995, 4/1996, 4/1999, 7/2002.
Sheet 3: One object date given. Two slides taped in back. Atacama snuff tablets. Darien pendants. Colima warrior figurine. Kaminaljuyu and other mushroom stone. Datura seed pod effigy vessels. Photo of datura seed pod. Plains metal pipe. Tepantitla mural. Huichol yarn art deer. Cubensis mushroom. Costa Rica polychrome tripod vessel. Photo of sword swallower. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 1/1965, 4/1969, 7/1969, 12/1979, 5/1981, 11/1986, 2/1990, 2/1996, 4/1999, 3/2001, 11/2004.
Sheet 4: One slide taped in back. Most object dates given. Venezuela Camay style ceramic figural bowls and figurine. Wooden polychrome mask. Illustration of indigenous dance. Most slides marked with dimensions. 10/1981, 10/1990, 5/1996.
Sheet 5: One slide discolored (pink). Teotihuacan stone and ceramic figurines, mask, incised ceramic vessels, ceramic sello, ceramic earspools, polychrome shell. Guerrero/Teotihuacan stone figurine. Painted parfleche. Inca snuff tube. Quimbaya Darien pendant. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 10/1963, 12/1963, 12/1964, 6/1965, 8/1969, 10/1970, 11/1990, 5/1994.
Sheet 6: Some dates illegible. A few object dates given. Sinu and Quimbaya Darien pendants. Inca silver kero. Mushroom stones. Maya enema figurine and ceramic vessel detail with enema iconography. Tepantitla mural. Nazca whalebone tablet. Casas Grandes smoking figural vessel. Aztec and Moche figural vessels. Cholula Drinker's mural. Tarascan ceramic pipe. Codex pages. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1962, 6/1972, 2/1982, 8/1994, 7/1995, 12/1996, 2/2003, 11/2004.
Sheet 7: One slide taped on left and top edges. One slide taped in back. Some dates illegible. Ballestas Islands earthwork photos. Maya ceramic figural vessel, enema figurine. Aztec pipes, Jalisco figural ceramic scene. Inca silver and gold keros. Aztec stone Xochipalli sculpture. Quimbaya darien pendant. Atacama snuff tablet. Nazca bamboo snuffer. Codex pages. Stone figurine. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked wih descriptions. 12/1963, 10/1994, 12/1996, 5/1997, 9/1997, 1/1998, 10/2000, 2/2003, 11/2004.
Sheet 8: Aztec pipes. Maya enema figurine. Inca silver kero. Chavin painted textile. Tiwanaku snuff tablet and snuffer. Costa Rica stone figurine. A few slides marked with dimensions. 12/1969, 9/1971, 5/1995.
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