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Figurines, Diagrams, Maps, Vessels, Jewelry, Flutes, Whistles, 1962-2005

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 2-3

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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.

Dates

  • 1962-2005

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: Seated and standing figurines. Figurine in bed. Ceramic seat. Figural vessels: birds, dogs. Bird whistle. Some dimensions and info given. 1969-70; 1995-6.

Sheet 2: Seated and standing figurines. Figurine in bed. Ceramic seat. Dog figurine. Figural vessels: birds, seated human, dog with mask. Parrot whistle. Masks. Rhinoceros Beetle. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1965; 1970-1; 1973; 1996-7.

Sheet 3: Animal whistles. Seated figurines. Dimensions given. 1996-7.

Sheet 4: Figural vessels: bird, bat. Figurines: with slingshot, with bowl. Ceramic seat or architectural form. Dimensions given. 1995; 1997.

Sheet 5: Figural vessels: bird, bat, dog, dog with mask. Figures: dog, seated human, human in sedan chair. Zoomorphic bells. Dimensions given. 1970; 1990; 1995-6.

Sheet 6: Diagrams of shaft tombs, map of West Mexico. Illustrations of turkey. Figural vessel: dogs, person with jar on back. Figurines: kneeling, figures around tree scene, in costume. Zoomorphic ceramic bells. Ceramic mask. 1993-6.

Sheet 7: Tripod jars and vessels. Shell figurine. Figural vessels: acrobat, parrot, snake, possums. Figurine: dog, standing, in bed. Dimensions and some info given. 1964; 1981; 1995-6.

Sheet 8: One commercial slide. Tripod jar. Ceramic seat. Figures: seated, standing, feline. Figural vessels: dog, parrot, head. Dimensions and some info given. 1970; 1981; 1990; 1995-7.

Sheet 9: Figurines: standing, warriors. Figural vessels: dog, duck, toad, coatimundi, parrot. Reclinatorio vessel. Ceramic jar. Dimensions and some info given. 1965; 1967; 1969-70; 1994-6.

Sheet 10: Maps of west Mexico. Shaft tomb diagram. Illustrations of turkey. Tripod jar, jar, spouted vessel, shell form. Figural vessel with jar on back. Figurine in bed. Codex pages. Some dimensions given. 1993-7.

Sheet 11: Figural vessels: dog, parrot, heads, feline, rabbit, deer, captive, shell. Spouted vessels, tripod jar. Figurines: with shell, dog. Ceramic mask. Some dimensions and info given. 1964-5; 1968-71; 1994.

Sheet 12: Stone tablets and metates. Shell bracelet. Stone mace head. Figural vessels: captive, jar on back, seated, acrobat. Standing figurine. Landscape image of El Chanal. Some dimensions and info given. 1964; 1967-8; 1993.

Sheet 13: Figurines: standing and seated, with bowl, pair. Ceramic flutes. Ceramic snake incensario jar. Seated skeletal stone figurine. Dimensions given. 1963-4; 1967; 1993.

Sheet 14: Figural vessels: jars, dog. Ceramic jar. Dimensions given. Undated.

Sheet 15: Figurines: seated, dog. Figural vessels: dog with corn, standing figure. Dimensions given. 1994

Sheet 16: One commercial slide. Figurines: costumed acrobat, standing and seated, musician, with shell. Ceramic flutes. Seated figural vessel. Some dimensions and info given. 1963-7; 1970; 1973; 1978; 1980.

Sheet 17: Ceramic flute. Figural vessels: standing and seated on seat. Figurines: standing and seated, with child, on seat. Some dimensions and info given. 1964-5; 1970-1.

Sheet 18: Figurines: standing and seated, on seat. Some dimensions and info given. 1964-5; 1971; 1984.

Sheet 19: Figurines: standing and seated, group in circle, with child, pair. Some info given. 1963; 1965; 1970-1; 1984.

Sheet 20: Figurines: standing and seated, pair, musician, on bed. Vessels with handles and figural vessel, possible incensario. Some dimensions and info given. 1962-5; 1970-1; 1984.

Sheet 21: Figural vessel: fish, mole, monkey. Ceramic jars. Cylindrical vessel. Vessel with handle. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1971; 1981.

Sheet 22: Periquillo phase ceramic jars. Figural vessels: stirrup spout, Ceramic shell vessel, dogs on jar, standing figure. Some dimensions and info given. 1965.

Sheet 23: Figural vessels: monkey, architectural, fish, stirrup spout. Incised and modeled ceramic jars. Dimensions and some info given. 1968; 1970; 1981.

Sheet 24: One commercial slide. Toad and parrot whistles. Figurines: standing and seated. Figural vessels: seated, standing. Moche octopus vessel. Photos of Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl volcanoes, parrot in Guerrero. Hatched painted hemispherical bowls. Some dimensions and info given. Undated.

Sheet 25: Figurines: costumed acrobat, standing warrior. Dog figural vessel. Illustration of a turkey. Dimensions given. 2005.

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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