Inuit, Yupik, Dorset, Bering Sea, Punuk, Siberian, Athapaskan, Ojibwe, Kachemak, Nootka, Attu, Chucki, Makah, Aleut, 1968-1997
File — Box: 7, Folder: 1-2
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1968-1997
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: Some object dates given. Moche metal and stone inlaid earspools and nose ring. Old Bering culture wooden mask from shaman's burial. Ivory dog sled polar bear drag handle. Aleut figurines in boat. Ivory carving. Aleut basket. Some dimensions and info given. 1980; 1983; 1997.
Sheet 2: Inuit or Yupik carved ivory beaded necklace, wooden masks and hoop, incised ivory sheath. Some dimensions and info given. 1982.
Sheet 3: Some object dates given. Old Bering culture ivory and wood carvings. Thule culture bone combs, stone and bone harpoons, snow mask. Ipituk burial mask, comb, hooks, vessel. Inuit or Yupik masks. Info and some dimensions given. 1968; 1980.
Sheet 4: Dorset culture: ivory adornments and figurines. Wooden and ivory figurines. Mask with hair and paint. Some info given. 1979-80; 1997.
Sheet 5: Inuit or Yupik carved ivory adornments, charms, brooch, harpoon socket, winged object, tool, beluga carving. Some dimensions and info given. 1980; 1982-3.
Sheet 6: Inuit or Yupik: carved ivory harpoon socket, brooch. Some dimensions and info given. 1980; 1982-3.
Sheet 7: Carved ivory human with tusks, polar bears, charms, bird, otter. Some dimensions given. 1978-80; 1983.
Sheet 8: Carved ivory human with tusks, baskets. Photo of Alaskan man in canoe. Illustrations. 1983.
Sheet 9: Tookome print "The World of Man and the World of Animals come together in the shaman". Nanogak print "song." Oonark print, "helped by spirits". Carved ivory human with tusks, baskets. Photo of Inuit or Yupik bow hunters. Some dimensions and info given. 1983.
Sheet 10: Carved ivory human with tusks, baskets. Ivory anthropomorphic figurines, one bicephalic. Fur coat. 1978-80; 1983.
Sheet 11: Inuit or Yupik beaded hide shirt and leggings, fur shirt and leggings, ivory figurines, snow shoes, lidded basket with ivory walrus, sheep horn spoon, wooden figurine. Some dimensions and info given. 1964; 1979-83.
Sheet 12: Inuit or Yupik model canoe, fishing figurines, ivory charms, fish club, vessels, mask plaque, fox figurine. Info and some dimensions given. 1980.
Sheet 13: Unlabeled Yupik or Inuit drawings or prints. Model canoe with figurines. Little Diomede island figurine. 1980; 1985.
Sheet 14: Some object dates given. Fur shirt, child's doll, caribou spirit effigy, spoon, ceremonial baleen bucket, bear spirit effigy, ivory kayak ornaments, graphite whale line weight, ivory whale blade box, lunar tunghak masks, ritual hunting hat, Norton sound mask, beaded headdress, Baleen leather box, tobacco box. Dimensions and info given. Undated.
Sheet 15: Some object dates given. Seal spirit hat, hunting hats, glass whaling charm, pike spirit hat, harpoon rest, hunting visor, basket, figurine with harpoon, arrow shaft straightener, pipe. Dimensions and info given. 1980.
Sheet 16: Some object dates given. Norton Sound masks. Bering Sea beaded objects, tobacco boxes, hunting charm, canoe charms. Whale vertebrae sculpture of bear. Ivory male figurine. Men's leather briefs. Kodiak Island spruce boat hat. Some dimensions and info given. 1977; 1980.
Sheet 17: Some object dates given. Aleut: kayak models, hunting hats, grass pouches, mask, mask attachments, gut skin cloak, sea otter figurine, belt fastener, bucket handle, head. Dorset carved bear. Ipuitak burial mask. Info given. 1981.
Sheet 18: Some object dates given. Photo of Coxcatlan Cave, harp seal, and Yupik or Inuit man using bow drill. Hunting hat. Doll in hide dress. Shaman's fetish, anthropomorphic figurine. M. Noah painting or prints: "Fishing through the ice" "An ancient way of dancing" "Family" "Skin Tents" "Outside and inside tents" "My husband and I" "A face like the sun" "Woman with beautiful hair" Dimensions and info given. 1980; 1986.
Sheet 19: Some object dates given. Punuk culture" ivory wrist guards and other ivory objects. Ojibwe beaded bodice and bandolier bag. Okvik culture charms. Koryak textiles, painted reindeer skin coat, fireboard home guardian. Bering Strait mask, charm. Ipuitak chain. Illustrations of arctic peoples. Some dimensions and info given. 1968; 1980; 1983.
Sheet 20: Some object dates given. Photo of Siberian sea route. Siberian box. Athapaskan spirit mask. Kachemak carving. Nootka whale shrine figurines. Kodiak Island birthing amulet, mask. Info given. Undated.
Sheet 21: Some object dates given. Akiachuk figurine. Akuik culture mask. Ivory charms. Attu grass basket. Makah whaling canoe. Chuchki needle cases. Aleut death mask. arctic native illustrations. Info given. 1980; 1985.
Sheet 2: Inuit or Yupik carved ivory beaded necklace, wooden masks and hoop, incised ivory sheath. Some dimensions and info given. 1982.
Sheet 3: Some object dates given. Old Bering culture ivory and wood carvings. Thule culture bone combs, stone and bone harpoons, snow mask. Ipituk burial mask, comb, hooks, vessel. Inuit or Yupik masks. Info and some dimensions given. 1968; 1980.
Sheet 4: Dorset culture: ivory adornments and figurines. Wooden and ivory figurines. Mask with hair and paint. Some info given. 1979-80; 1997.
Sheet 5: Inuit or Yupik carved ivory adornments, charms, brooch, harpoon socket, winged object, tool, beluga carving. Some dimensions and info given. 1980; 1982-3.
Sheet 6: Inuit or Yupik: carved ivory harpoon socket, brooch. Some dimensions and info given. 1980; 1982-3.
Sheet 7: Carved ivory human with tusks, polar bears, charms, bird, otter. Some dimensions given. 1978-80; 1983.
Sheet 8: Carved ivory human with tusks, baskets. Photo of Alaskan man in canoe. Illustrations. 1983.
Sheet 9: Tookome print "The World of Man and the World of Animals come together in the shaman". Nanogak print "song." Oonark print, "helped by spirits". Carved ivory human with tusks, baskets. Photo of Inuit or Yupik bow hunters. Some dimensions and info given. 1983.
Sheet 10: Carved ivory human with tusks, baskets. Ivory anthropomorphic figurines, one bicephalic. Fur coat. 1978-80; 1983.
Sheet 11: Inuit or Yupik beaded hide shirt and leggings, fur shirt and leggings, ivory figurines, snow shoes, lidded basket with ivory walrus, sheep horn spoon, wooden figurine. Some dimensions and info given. 1964; 1979-83.
Sheet 12: Inuit or Yupik model canoe, fishing figurines, ivory charms, fish club, vessels, mask plaque, fox figurine. Info and some dimensions given. 1980.
Sheet 13: Unlabeled Yupik or Inuit drawings or prints. Model canoe with figurines. Little Diomede island figurine. 1980; 1985.
Sheet 14: Some object dates given. Fur shirt, child's doll, caribou spirit effigy, spoon, ceremonial baleen bucket, bear spirit effigy, ivory kayak ornaments, graphite whale line weight, ivory whale blade box, lunar tunghak masks, ritual hunting hat, Norton sound mask, beaded headdress, Baleen leather box, tobacco box. Dimensions and info given. Undated.
Sheet 15: Some object dates given. Seal spirit hat, hunting hats, glass whaling charm, pike spirit hat, harpoon rest, hunting visor, basket, figurine with harpoon, arrow shaft straightener, pipe. Dimensions and info given. 1980.
Sheet 16: Some object dates given. Norton Sound masks. Bering Sea beaded objects, tobacco boxes, hunting charm, canoe charms. Whale vertebrae sculpture of bear. Ivory male figurine. Men's leather briefs. Kodiak Island spruce boat hat. Some dimensions and info given. 1977; 1980.
Sheet 17: Some object dates given. Aleut: kayak models, hunting hats, grass pouches, mask, mask attachments, gut skin cloak, sea otter figurine, belt fastener, bucket handle, head. Dorset carved bear. Ipuitak burial mask. Info given. 1981.
Sheet 18: Some object dates given. Photo of Coxcatlan Cave, harp seal, and Yupik or Inuit man using bow drill. Hunting hat. Doll in hide dress. Shaman's fetish, anthropomorphic figurine. M. Noah painting or prints: "Fishing through the ice" "An ancient way of dancing" "Family" "Skin Tents" "Outside and inside tents" "My husband and I" "A face like the sun" "Woman with beautiful hair" Dimensions and info given. 1980; 1986.
Sheet 19: Some object dates given. Punuk culture" ivory wrist guards and other ivory objects. Ojibwe beaded bodice and bandolier bag. Okvik culture charms. Koryak textiles, painted reindeer skin coat, fireboard home guardian. Bering Strait mask, charm. Ipuitak chain. Illustrations of arctic peoples. Some dimensions and info given. 1968; 1980; 1983.
Sheet 20: Some object dates given. Photo of Siberian sea route. Siberian box. Athapaskan spirit mask. Kachemak carving. Nootka whale shrine figurines. Kodiak Island birthing amulet, mask. Info given. Undated.
Sheet 21: Some object dates given. Akiachuk figurine. Akuik culture mask. Ivory charms. Attu grass basket. Makah whaling canoe. Chuchki needle cases. Aleut death mask. arctic native illustrations. Info given. 1980; 1985.
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