Figurines, Vessels, Graters, 1989-1996
File — Box: 6, Folder: 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.
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
- 1989-1996
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: Nariño/Cardi and cardi ceramic vessels and figurines, Tolita-Tumaco ceramic figurines. Dimensions given. Undated.
Sheet 2: Nariño/Cardi and Cardi ceramic vessels and figurines, Tolita-Tumaco ceramic figurines, ceramic sello. Dimensions given. 1994-6.
Sheet 3: This sheet contains slides that are not from Ecuador. Cauca Valley metal head, Costa Rican and Veraguas metal figurines/ Darien pendants, Tacarigua ceramic figurine, Manabí stone feline mortar, Ecuadorian ceramic figurines (unlabeled Guangala and Tolita-Tumaco). Dimensions given. 1990; 1993-4.
Sheet 4: Chorrera ceramic figurines and vessels, Guangala ceramic figurines, other Ecuadorian ceramic figurines and vessels. Dimensions given. 1990.
Sheet 5: Guanacaste ceramic figural whistle, Unlabeled Bahia ceramic figurine, ceramic figural vessel from Tolita-Tumaco or Jama-Coaque. All from David Stuart Gallery collection. Dimensions given. 1993.
Sheet 6: Valdivia ceramic figurines, Jama-Coaque ceramic figural vessels, Chorrera ceramic figural vessels and vessels, Rio Napo ceramic figural forms, Tolita-Tumaco ceramic mask forms. Dimensions and some info given. Some slides numbered 1990; 1994-5.
Sheet 7: Chorrera and Guangala ceramic figurines, ceramic grater, other ceramic figurines and vessels. David Stuart Gallery collections. Dimensions given. 1989-90; 1996.
Sheet 8: Nariño/Cardi ceramic figural vessel, Cardi Jama-Coaque and ceramic figurines. Dimensions and some info given. 1989.
Sheet 9: Valdivia stone and ceramic figurines and ceramic vessel. Undated.
Sheet 10: Valdivia ceramic figurines, unlabeled Tolita-Tumaco ceramic figurines. Some dimensions given. 1989-90.
Sheet 2: Nariño/Cardi and Cardi ceramic vessels and figurines, Tolita-Tumaco ceramic figurines, ceramic sello. Dimensions given. 1994-6.
Sheet 3: This sheet contains slides that are not from Ecuador. Cauca Valley metal head, Costa Rican and Veraguas metal figurines/ Darien pendants, Tacarigua ceramic figurine, Manabí stone feline mortar, Ecuadorian ceramic figurines (unlabeled Guangala and Tolita-Tumaco). Dimensions given. 1990; 1993-4.
Sheet 4: Chorrera ceramic figurines and vessels, Guangala ceramic figurines, other Ecuadorian ceramic figurines and vessels. Dimensions given. 1990.
Sheet 5: Guanacaste ceramic figural whistle, Unlabeled Bahia ceramic figurine, ceramic figural vessel from Tolita-Tumaco or Jama-Coaque. All from David Stuart Gallery collection. Dimensions given. 1993.
Sheet 6: Valdivia ceramic figurines, Jama-Coaque ceramic figural vessels, Chorrera ceramic figural vessels and vessels, Rio Napo ceramic figural forms, Tolita-Tumaco ceramic mask forms. Dimensions and some info given. Some slides numbered 1990; 1994-5.
Sheet 7: Chorrera and Guangala ceramic figurines, ceramic grater, other ceramic figurines and vessels. David Stuart Gallery collections. Dimensions given. 1989-90; 1996.
Sheet 8: Nariño/Cardi ceramic figural vessel, Cardi Jama-Coaque and ceramic figurines. Dimensions and some info given. 1989.
Sheet 9: Valdivia stone and ceramic figurines and ceramic vessel. Undated.
Sheet 10: Valdivia ceramic figurines, unlabeled Tolita-Tumaco ceramic figurines. Some dimensions given. 1989-90.
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