Figurines, Vessels, Masks, 1962-1998
File — Box: 5, Folder: 6
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1962-1998
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: Figural vessels: heads, double headed bird, dog, anthropomorphic. Tripod bowls. Lidded cylinder vessels: incised and snake motif. Figurine on seat. Dimensions given. 1996; 1998.
Sheet 2: Snake motif cylinder vessel. Figurine on seat, warrior figurines, standing figurines, figurine with drum. Figural vessels: dog with mask, dogs, shark, acrobat, figure pair. Ceramic jar. Crouching stone figurine. Dimensions and some info given. 1967; 1995; 1998.
Sheet 3: One slide from David Joralemon collection without permissions. Ceramic architectural forms. Standing, seated and crouching figurines. Ceramic shell form. Figurines around tree. Guatemala mushroom stone. Moche figural vessel. Pachacamac snuff tablet. Dimensions and some info given. 1963; 1981; 1984; 1987; 1989; 1993; 1995-6.
Sheet 4: Stone and ceramic masks. Stone double-headed dog mace head and mace head. Avian figural vessels. Dimensions and some info given. 1963-5; 1969-70; 1990.
Sheet 5: Ceramic shell form. Group figurine scene. Standing and seated figurines. Figural vessels: turtle, birds, phallus, squirrel. Masks. Cylindrical and tripod vessels. Dimensions and some info given. 1968; 1978; 1990; 1995-6.
Sheet 6: Snake figurines and figural vessels, parrot figural vessel. Cylindrical jar with snake motif. Figural vessel with human holding large fish. Dimensions and some info given. 1963-4; 1970-1; 1984-5; 1990.
Sheet 7: Ceramic shell forms and figural vessels. Dog figural vessels. Figurines with shell. Dimensions and some info given. 1962-8; 1971; 1990.
Sheet 8: Figural ceramics: parrots, ducks, snakes. Standing figurine. Image of Colima volcano. Dimensions and some info given. 1962-5; 1969-70; 1984.
Sheet 9: Figural ceramics: peccaries, rodents, insect, feline, antler. Horny toad figurine. Stone animal figurine. Figurine with shell. Some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1968; 1970.
Sheet 10: Ceramic shell forms. Figural ceramics: snakes, rabbit, fish, bird, crab, toads. Cylindrical vessel with snake motif. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1970; 1981.
Sheet 11: Figural vessels: dogs, dog on plate, bird. Dimensions and some info given. 1963; 1968-70; 1984.
Sheet 12: Figural vessels: dogs, dog on plate. Dog figurines. Ceramic shell forms. Some dimensions and info given. 1962; 1969; 1981; 1985; 1993.
Sheet 13: Figural vessels: dogs. Dog figurines. Ceramic shell forms. Seated figurine with shell. Some dimensions given. 1963-5; 1968; 1970; 1981.
Sheet 14: Figural vessels: dogs. Dog figurines. Ceramic shell forms. Seated figurines with bowls. Photos of scarlet macaws. Some dimensions and info given. 1962-63; 1967; 1981.
Sheet 15: Dog figural vessels. Tripod vessel. Ceramic masks. Standing figurines. Ceramic shell form. 1993; 1996.
Sheet 2: Snake motif cylinder vessel. Figurine on seat, warrior figurines, standing figurines, figurine with drum. Figural vessels: dog with mask, dogs, shark, acrobat, figure pair. Ceramic jar. Crouching stone figurine. Dimensions and some info given. 1967; 1995; 1998.
Sheet 3: One slide from David Joralemon collection without permissions. Ceramic architectural forms. Standing, seated and crouching figurines. Ceramic shell form. Figurines around tree. Guatemala mushroom stone. Moche figural vessel. Pachacamac snuff tablet. Dimensions and some info given. 1963; 1981; 1984; 1987; 1989; 1993; 1995-6.
Sheet 4: Stone and ceramic masks. Stone double-headed dog mace head and mace head. Avian figural vessels. Dimensions and some info given. 1963-5; 1969-70; 1990.
Sheet 5: Ceramic shell form. Group figurine scene. Standing and seated figurines. Figural vessels: turtle, birds, phallus, squirrel. Masks. Cylindrical and tripod vessels. Dimensions and some info given. 1968; 1978; 1990; 1995-6.
Sheet 6: Snake figurines and figural vessels, parrot figural vessel. Cylindrical jar with snake motif. Figural vessel with human holding large fish. Dimensions and some info given. 1963-4; 1970-1; 1984-5; 1990.
Sheet 7: Ceramic shell forms and figural vessels. Dog figural vessels. Figurines with shell. Dimensions and some info given. 1962-8; 1971; 1990.
Sheet 8: Figural ceramics: parrots, ducks, snakes. Standing figurine. Image of Colima volcano. Dimensions and some info given. 1962-5; 1969-70; 1984.
Sheet 9: Figural ceramics: peccaries, rodents, insect, feline, antler. Horny toad figurine. Stone animal figurine. Figurine with shell. Some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1968; 1970.
Sheet 10: Ceramic shell forms. Figural ceramics: snakes, rabbit, fish, bird, crab, toads. Cylindrical vessel with snake motif. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1970; 1981.
Sheet 11: Figural vessels: dogs, dog on plate, bird. Dimensions and some info given. 1963; 1968-70; 1984.
Sheet 12: Figural vessels: dogs, dog on plate. Dog figurines. Ceramic shell forms. Some dimensions and info given. 1962; 1969; 1981; 1985; 1993.
Sheet 13: Figural vessels: dogs. Dog figurines. Ceramic shell forms. Seated figurine with shell. Some dimensions given. 1963-5; 1968; 1970; 1981.
Sheet 14: Figural vessels: dogs. Dog figurines. Ceramic shell forms. Seated figurines with bowls. Photos of scarlet macaws. Some dimensions and info given. 1962-63; 1967; 1981.
Sheet 15: Dog figural vessels. Tripod vessel. Ceramic masks. Standing figurines. Ceramic shell form. 1993; 1996.
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