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Figurines, Vessels, Rattles, 1995

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 4-5

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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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

  • 1995

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: Dog and armadillo figurines and figural vessels. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 2: Seated and standing figurines: mothers. Head incensario. Dimensions and some info given. July 1995.

Sheet 3: Seated and standing figurines. Animal whistles. Seated figural vessel. Ceramic jar. Dimensions and some info given. July 1995.

Sheet 4: Seated and standing figurines. Standing figural vessel. Dog figural vessels. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 5: Figurines in beds and on mats. Seated and standing figurines. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 6: Seated figurines: pairs, in sedan chair. Acrobat figurine. Seated figural vessel. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 7: Seated figurines: pairs, mothers. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 8: Seated and standing figurines. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 9: Seated and standing figurines: pairs and individuals. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 10: Seated and standing figurines: pairs and individuals. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 11: Seated and standing figurines: figures in chairs and sedan chairs. Figural dog vessels, one with corn. Crouching human with jar vessel on back. Veracruz ceramic figurine in chair. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 12: Figurines on beds or mats. Jar with incised snake design. Standing figurine pair. Figural dog vessel. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 13: Figural dog vessels. Standing ceramic figurines. Bird whistles. Tripod vessels. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 14: Figural dog vessels. Some Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 15: Figural dog vessels and figurines. Standing figurines. Whistle human figurines. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 16: Human and animal whistles. Figural dog vessels and animal figurines. Standing figurines. Dimensions and some info given. July 1995.

Sheet 17: Tripod jars and jars. Dog vessel. Seated figurine. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 18: Human rattle figurines. Dog figurines and figural vessels. Ceramic architectural forms. Dimensions and some info given. July 1995.

Sheet 19: Human rattle and whistle figurines. Seated and standing figurines: pairs and individuals. Dimensions and some info given. July 1995.

Sheet 20: Seated figurines: mothers. Dog figurines and vessels. Human figural vessels. Figurine on mat. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 21: Seated and standing figurines. Dog figurines and vessels. Figurine on bed. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 22: Seated and standing figurines. Dog figurines and vessels. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 23: Seated and standing figurines. Figurines on bed. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 24: Standing figurines. Dog vessels. Dimensions given. July 1995.

Sheet 25: Seated and standing figurines. Animal figural vessels. Moche figural vessel. Oaxaca monkey figural vessel. Panuco standing figurine. Dimensions given. July 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