Sinú, Tolita-Tumaco, Quimbaya, Chorrera, Jama-Coaque, Chibcha, Chavin, 1963-1996
File — Box: 6, Folder: 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.
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
- 1963-1996
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: Zenú or Sinú, Tolita-Tumaco. Ceramic house form, human figurines, ceramic vessels, stone "laminator for gold." Most slides marked with dimensions. 8/1963, 7/1968, 9/1990, 11/1995, 5/1996.
Sheet 2: Darien, Quimbaya, Calima, Jama-Coaque, Chibcha. Ceramic vessels, ceramic figural vessels and figurines. 3/1965, 7/1968, 11/1995.
Sheet 3: Quimbaya, Chorrera. Ceramic figural vessels and figurines, sellos. National Museum of Bogata sello illustrations. A few slides marked with dimensions. 3/1965, 7/1968, 8/1968, 5/1996.
Sheet 4: Ceramic whistle, tumbaga metal figurine, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, stone figurine. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1963, 3/1965, 9/1968, 3/1990, 11/1995, 5/1996, 1/1998.
Sheet 5: Ceramic whistle, metal disk, ceramic figural vessels and figurines. Most slides marked with dimensions. 5/1996.
Sheet 6: Ceramic whistle, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, ceramic Chavin incised bowl. All slides marked with dimensions. 11/1995.
Sheet 7: Stone figurine, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, stone or ceramic bowl. Most slides marked with dimensions. 3/1990, 5/1996.
Sheet 8: One slide partially obscured by mesh/tape-like pink strip. Unlabeled Chorrera Jama-Coaque, and Tolita-Tumaco ceramic figurines, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, ceramic vessels. Most slides marked with dimensions. 9/1990, 11/1995, 5/1996.
Sheet 9: Stone figurines, ceramic figural vessels and figurines. All slides but one marked with dimensions. Tairona ceramic mislabeled as Taíno. 3/1990, 9/1993.
Sheet 10: Unlabeled Tolita-Tumaco figurine and figural vessel, ceramic ocarina/whistle, stone staff topper, Calima ceramic mask, ceramic vessels. Several slides marked with dimensions. 3/1994.
Sheet 11: Unlabeled Tairona ceramic vessels, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, incised ceramic vessels. Most slides marked with dimensions. 11/1990.
Sheet 12: Ceramic figurines. All slides marked with dimensions. 5/1996.
Sheet 2: Darien, Quimbaya, Calima, Jama-Coaque, Chibcha. Ceramic vessels, ceramic figural vessels and figurines. 3/1965, 7/1968, 11/1995.
Sheet 3: Quimbaya, Chorrera. Ceramic figural vessels and figurines, sellos. National Museum of Bogata sello illustrations. A few slides marked with dimensions. 3/1965, 7/1968, 8/1968, 5/1996.
Sheet 4: Ceramic whistle, tumbaga metal figurine, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, stone figurine. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1963, 3/1965, 9/1968, 3/1990, 11/1995, 5/1996, 1/1998.
Sheet 5: Ceramic whistle, metal disk, ceramic figural vessels and figurines. Most slides marked with dimensions. 5/1996.
Sheet 6: Ceramic whistle, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, ceramic Chavin incised bowl. All slides marked with dimensions. 11/1995.
Sheet 7: Stone figurine, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, stone or ceramic bowl. Most slides marked with dimensions. 3/1990, 5/1996.
Sheet 8: One slide partially obscured by mesh/tape-like pink strip. Unlabeled Chorrera Jama-Coaque, and Tolita-Tumaco ceramic figurines, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, ceramic vessels. Most slides marked with dimensions. 9/1990, 11/1995, 5/1996.
Sheet 9: Stone figurines, ceramic figural vessels and figurines. All slides but one marked with dimensions. Tairona ceramic mislabeled as Taíno. 3/1990, 9/1993.
Sheet 10: Unlabeled Tolita-Tumaco figurine and figural vessel, ceramic ocarina/whistle, stone staff topper, Calima ceramic mask, ceramic vessels. Several slides marked with dimensions. 3/1994.
Sheet 11: Unlabeled Tairona ceramic vessels, ceramic figural vessels and figurines, incised ceramic vessels. Most slides marked with dimensions. 11/1990.
Sheet 12: Ceramic figurines. All slides marked with dimensions. 5/1996.
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
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