Ceramic Masks, Figurines, Vessels, 1964-1996
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6-7
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1964-1996
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: Standing and kneeling figurines. Ceramic jar and tripod plate. Dimensions given. July 1995.
Sheet 2: Ceramic jar, bowls with face, avian bowl, foot jar, painted bowls, figural vessel. Standing figurines, with child. Dimensions given. 1981; 1995-6.
Sheet 3: Polychrome jars, tripod vessels, cylinder vessel. Ceramic mask. Figural flute. Standing figurines: with child, with jar. Dimensions given. 1969-70.
Sheet 4: Polychrome vessels, pedestal bowls, tripod plate and bowls, bowl with handle. Seated figurine. Dimensions given. 1984.
Sheet 5: Queréndaro standing figurines, pedestal bowl with rattle in base. Dimensions given. 1967; 1971.
Sheet 6: Polychrome vessels, pedestal bowls, tripod plate and bowls, bowl with handle, incised vessels. Standing polychrome figurines. Dimensions given. 1981; 1990; 1995-6.
Sheet 7: Queréndaro standing figurines, musicians. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1967; 1971.
Sheet 8: Standing and seated figurines, tripod vessel. Some dimensions and info given. 1971; 1981; 1984-5.
Sheet 9: Tlatilco standing figurine. Morelos jars and figural jar. Zacatenco figurines. Guanajuato painted bowls. Nayarit anthropomorphic whistle. Some dimensions and info given. 1962; 1965; 1995.
Sheet 10: Figurines: standing, in bed, with child, kneeling. Ceramic shell whistle. Polychrome pedestal bowls, spouted vessel. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1969.
Sheet 11: Polychrome tripod bowls, incised jar, cylinder jar, foot vessel. Standing figurines: one with two heads. Some dimensions and info given. 1996.
Sheet 12: Solomons collection: standing figurines. Undated.
Sheet 13: Standing figurines. Polychrome pedestal bowl and bowl with handle. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1969.
Sheet 14: Polychrome pedestal bowls, tripod bowls, bowls with faces, cylinder vessel. Dimensions given. 1964.
Sheet 15: Polychrome and white on red pedestal bowls, tripod bowls, bowl with face, cylinder vessel. Dimensions given. Undated.
Sheet 16: Chupícuaro polychrome and plainware bowls, tripod bowl square vessel, archaic ceramic standing figurines. Guanajuato double chambered figural vessels. Most dimensions and some info given. 1964-5; 1967.
Sheet 17: Queréndaro standing figurines. Chupícuaro standing figurines, polychrome jar, pedestal bowl with rattle base, tripod vessel. Some dimensions and some info given. 1965.
Sheet 18: Chupícuaro standing figurines, polychrome figural jar. Tlatilco standing figurines and drummer. Some dimensions given. 1981.
Sheet 19: Chupícuaro standing figurine, polychrome bowl, plainware jar. Some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1968.
Sheet 2: Ceramic jar, bowls with face, avian bowl, foot jar, painted bowls, figural vessel. Standing figurines, with child. Dimensions given. 1981; 1995-6.
Sheet 3: Polychrome jars, tripod vessels, cylinder vessel. Ceramic mask. Figural flute. Standing figurines: with child, with jar. Dimensions given. 1969-70.
Sheet 4: Polychrome vessels, pedestal bowls, tripod plate and bowls, bowl with handle. Seated figurine. Dimensions given. 1984.
Sheet 5: Queréndaro standing figurines, pedestal bowl with rattle in base. Dimensions given. 1967; 1971.
Sheet 6: Polychrome vessels, pedestal bowls, tripod plate and bowls, bowl with handle, incised vessels. Standing polychrome figurines. Dimensions given. 1981; 1990; 1995-6.
Sheet 7: Queréndaro standing figurines, musicians. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1967; 1971.
Sheet 8: Standing and seated figurines, tripod vessel. Some dimensions and info given. 1971; 1981; 1984-5.
Sheet 9: Tlatilco standing figurine. Morelos jars and figural jar. Zacatenco figurines. Guanajuato painted bowls. Nayarit anthropomorphic whistle. Some dimensions and info given. 1962; 1965; 1995.
Sheet 10: Figurines: standing, in bed, with child, kneeling. Ceramic shell whistle. Polychrome pedestal bowls, spouted vessel. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1969.
Sheet 11: Polychrome tripod bowls, incised jar, cylinder jar, foot vessel. Standing figurines: one with two heads. Some dimensions and info given. 1996.
Sheet 12: Solomons collection: standing figurines. Undated.
Sheet 13: Standing figurines. Polychrome pedestal bowl and bowl with handle. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1969.
Sheet 14: Polychrome pedestal bowls, tripod bowls, bowls with faces, cylinder vessel. Dimensions given. 1964.
Sheet 15: Polychrome and white on red pedestal bowls, tripod bowls, bowl with face, cylinder vessel. Dimensions given. Undated.
Sheet 16: Chupícuaro polychrome and plainware bowls, tripod bowl square vessel, archaic ceramic standing figurines. Guanajuato double chambered figural vessels. Most dimensions and some info given. 1964-5; 1967.
Sheet 17: Queréndaro standing figurines. Chupícuaro standing figurines, polychrome jar, pedestal bowl with rattle base, tripod vessel. Some dimensions and some info given. 1965.
Sheet 18: Chupícuaro standing figurines, polychrome figural jar. Tlatilco standing figurines and drummer. Some dimensions given. 1981.
Sheet 19: Chupícuaro standing figurine, polychrome bowl, plainware jar. Some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1968.
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