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Plant photos, Pablo Amaringo, Colombia, Ecuador, Southwest, Mexico, 1963-1994

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 9

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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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

  • 1963-1994

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: Ecuador grater and coca chewer figurines. Morning glory and cubensis photos. Codex Vienna pages. Quimbaya vessel. Atacama snuff tablets. Zacatecas figurines. Colombia lime containers. Teotihuacan polychrome jar. A few slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 12/1963, 5/1964, 5/1970, 10/1970, 5/1976, 8/1989, 9/1989, 3/1990.

Sheet 2: Pablo Amaringo paintings. 11/1986.

Sheet 3: Pablo Amaringo painting. Colombia ceramic lime bottles. Shipibo cup and ceramic jar. Ecuador coca chewer mask and ceramic grater. Inca polychrome kero. A few slides marked with dimensions and descriptions. 11/1986, 7/1989, 8/1989, 2/1990.

Sheet 4: Two slides discolored (blue). Colombia ceramic lime bottles. Photos of Datura stramonium in Albany, New York. Nariño coca chewer figurine. Colima and other datura effigy vessels. A few slides marked with dimensions and descriptions. 8/1964, 5/1970, 7/1983, 8/1986.

Sheet 5: One slide taped in front. Photos of Datura stramonium in Albany, New York and Arizona. Other datura species and morning glory photos. Coca chewer ceramic figurines and masks. One slide marked with dimensions. 9/1982, 9/1986, 7/1989, 8/1989.

Sheet 6: Six slides taped in back. Michoacán, Zuni, and other datura seed pod effigy vessels. Photos of Datura stramonium at Bandelier and elsewhere. Badianus Manuscript page. Painted cave. One slide marked with description. 12/1963, 2/1970, 9/1984, 7/1989, 8/1989.

Sheet 7: Two slides taped in back. Photos of Datura brugmansia and Datura stramonium at Bandelier and Arizona. Coca chewer figurines. Michoacán glaze ware datura seed pod effigy vessel. Badianus Manuscript illustrations. One slide marked with description. 12/1963, 2/1970, 3/1970, 9/1984, 8/1989, 8/1994.

Sheet 8: One slide taped in back. Some dates illegible. Photos of Datura brugmansia and Datura stramonium at Bandelier and Arizona. Sahagun codex and Badianus Manuscript. Datura seed pod effigy vessel. Chumash ceramic bowl. One slide marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 4/1981, 7/1983, 9/1984, 9/1986, 8/1994.

Sheet 9: Photos of Erythrina berteroana and Erythrina mexicanus specimens. Illustration of Erythrina americana by Maximo Martinez. Details of Lothrop's illustrations of Tulum. A few slides marked with descriptions. 2/1970, 4/1970.

Sheet 10: Photos of Erythrina berteroana and Erythrina mexicanus specimens. Illustration of Erythrina americana by Maximo Martinez. Details of Lothrop's illustrations of Tulum. Photos of live Erythrina plant. Several slides marked with descriptions. 2/1970, 3/1970, 4/1970.

Sheet 11: Photos of Erythrina berteroana seeds and Erythrina mexicanus plant. Illustration of Erythrina americana by Maximo Martinez. Details of Lothrop's illustrations of Tulum. Badianus manuscript illustrations. A few slides marked with descriptions. 2/1970, 4/1970.

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