Murals, Ceramics, Jade, Shell, Site Photos, 1963-1974
File — Box: 4, Folder: 1-2
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1963-1974
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: Murals at Bonampak. Polychrome ceramic cylinder vessels and plates, figurine, and incised vessel. Carved jade and shell. Some dimensions and info given. 1966; 1994-6.
Sheet 2: Murals of Bonampak and architecture at Chichen Itza. Jaina figurines, and ceramic figurine with wheels. Ceramic figural vessel and polychrome cylinder vessels. Some dimensions and info given. 1963-6; 1974; 1990; 1995.
Sheet 3: Photos of Uxmal, Sayil, and Palenqum, Kabah site architecture. Santa Elena, Yucatan house. Quirigua stelae, Palenque jewelry and sarcophagus lid rubbing. Some info given. 1976.
Sheet 4: Murals, architecture, and relief sculpture at Bonampak. Most slides numbered. 1963; 1966.
Sheet 5: Murals at Bonampak. No info given. Undated.
Sheet 6: Photos of architecture at Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque, Uxmal. Quirigua Altar 3, ceramic Jaina figurines, cylinder vessel, eccentric flints. Some dimensions and info given. Some slides numbered. 1963; 1965; 1970; 1992-3.
Sheet 7: Photos of Yaxchilan and Bonampak, flight from Palenque to Bonampak. Izapa Stela 1. Some info given. 1966; 1969; 1974.
Sheet 8: Photos of Yaxchilan site architecture. Some photos by J. Klauber. December 1974.
Sheet 9: Photos of Yaxchilan site. Some photos by J. Klauber. December 1974.
Sheet 10: Photos of Yaxchilan site architecture. Some photos by J. Klauber. Bonampak architecture and stelae. December 1974.
Sheet 11: Murals, architecture, and stelae at Bonampak. 1966; 1974.
Sheet 12: Murals at Bonampak. Slides numbered. 1966.
Sheet 13: Murals at Bonampak. Slides numbered. 1963; 1966.
Sheet 14: Murals at Bonampak, ceramic figurine and incised tripod vessel. Slides numbered. 1963; 1968.
Sheet 15: Some object dates given. Chinkulitic and Tonina stone disks. Yaxchilan Lintel 26, 54, 43. Stela 10, 15, 18. Monkey vessel. Slides numbered. Some info given. 1963; 1966; 1969.
Sheet 16: Murals and architecture at Bonampak, Jaina figurines, stone head, Lintel 43 from Yaxchilan. Some info given. 1963; 1966; 1969; 1974.
Sheet 2: Murals of Bonampak and architecture at Chichen Itza. Jaina figurines, and ceramic figurine with wheels. Ceramic figural vessel and polychrome cylinder vessels. Some dimensions and info given. 1963-6; 1974; 1990; 1995.
Sheet 3: Photos of Uxmal, Sayil, and Palenqum, Kabah site architecture. Santa Elena, Yucatan house. Quirigua stelae, Palenque jewelry and sarcophagus lid rubbing. Some info given. 1976.
Sheet 4: Murals, architecture, and relief sculpture at Bonampak. Most slides numbered. 1963; 1966.
Sheet 5: Murals at Bonampak. No info given. Undated.
Sheet 6: Photos of architecture at Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque, Uxmal. Quirigua Altar 3, ceramic Jaina figurines, cylinder vessel, eccentric flints. Some dimensions and info given. Some slides numbered. 1963; 1965; 1970; 1992-3.
Sheet 7: Photos of Yaxchilan and Bonampak, flight from Palenque to Bonampak. Izapa Stela 1. Some info given. 1966; 1969; 1974.
Sheet 8: Photos of Yaxchilan site architecture. Some photos by J. Klauber. December 1974.
Sheet 9: Photos of Yaxchilan site. Some photos by J. Klauber. December 1974.
Sheet 10: Photos of Yaxchilan site architecture. Some photos by J. Klauber. Bonampak architecture and stelae. December 1974.
Sheet 11: Murals, architecture, and stelae at Bonampak. 1966; 1974.
Sheet 12: Murals at Bonampak. Slides numbered. 1966.
Sheet 13: Murals at Bonampak. Slides numbered. 1963; 1966.
Sheet 14: Murals at Bonampak, ceramic figurine and incised tripod vessel. Slides numbered. 1963; 1968.
Sheet 15: Some object dates given. Chinkulitic and Tonina stone disks. Yaxchilan Lintel 26, 54, 43. Stela 10, 15, 18. Monkey vessel. Slides numbered. Some info given. 1963; 1966; 1969.
Sheet 16: Murals and architecture at Bonampak, Jaina figurines, stone head, Lintel 43 from Yaxchilan. Some info given. 1963; 1966; 1969; 1974.
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