Plant and Animal Photos, Pipes, Bells, Figurines, Fans, Snuffers, Snuff Tablets, Keros, Vessels, 1967-2000
File — Box: 8, 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.
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
- 1967-2000
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: One object date given. Illustrations of Costa Rica snuffers, incised cups, and other objects. Nazca bamboo snuffer details. Codex page. Chavin figural ceramic vessels and painted textile. Monte Alban deer figural vessel. Colima peyote vessel. Puebloan datura seed pod effigy vessel. Peruvian landscape and Inca Flower photos. Nazca polychrome figural vessel. Colima figurine. A few slides marked with dimensions and descriptions. 9/1970, 10/1970, 9/1971, 5/1972, 3/1989, 6/1989, 5/1993, 11/1993, 4/1999, 2/2000, 10/2000.
Sheet 2: Inca polychrome and wooden keros. Tiwanaku, Pachacamac, and Atacama snuff tablets. Nazca bamboo snuffer. Nayarit and Colima snuffers figurine snuffing. Illustration of Costa Rica snuffer. Codex page. Photos of B. Marinus, morning glories. Taíno zemi. Illustration of Moche fine line vessel. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1967, 3/1969, 5/1970, 3/1990, 3/1994, 5/1994, 4/1995, 5/1995, 9/1997.
Sheet 3: Two object dates given. Codex pages. Inca snuff tube. Colima ceramic snuffer, figurine group. Monte Alban snuffing pipe. Chimu silver cup. Taíno zemi. San Emigdio cave painting. Inca silver kero. Mushroom stones. Illustrations of Veracruz figurine and Brazil tools. Shipibo figural ceramic. Siberia mushroom rock carvings. Photo of datura flower. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 7/1969, 9/1970, 8/1972, 3/1980, 6/1989, 1/1993, 8/1994, 5/1995, 4/1996.
Sheet 4: One object date given. Five slides taped in back. Some dates illegible. Pachacamac, Atacama, and Salinar snuffing tablets. Olmec serpentine tablet. A Peregrina photo. Reichel-Dolmatoff's photos of Yage making among the Tukano. Illustration of I. violacea seed pods. Photos of morning glories in Morelos. Codex page. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 5/1970, 3/1990, 1/1992, 4/1995, 4/1999, 7/2000, 8/2000.
Sheet 5: One slide taped in back. California rock painting illustrations. Polychrome ceramic incensario. Illustration of figurine. Chavin curved object. Ecuadorian coca chewer figurine. Bone vessel. Tarascan incised rabbit pipe and zoomorphic pipe. Eastern woodland catlinite pipe. Photo of datura, collections of books on hallucinogenic plants and mushrooms. Several slides marked with dimensions. 5/1962, 2/1981, 6/1981, 11/1990, 4/1994, 5/1995, 7/1995, 9/1995.
Sheet 6: Seminole/Cree Native American Church peyote fan, beaded pin metal pins. Tarascan ceramic figural pipes, metal bells. Quadruped figurines. Most slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 7/1995.
Sheet 7: Seminole/Cree Native American Church peyote fan. A few slides marked with dimensions. 6/1972, 7/1983, 6/1985, 8/1989, 4/1990, 1/1993, 9/1993, 8/1994, 9/1996, 4/1999, 4/2000.
Sheet 2: Inca polychrome and wooden keros. Tiwanaku, Pachacamac, and Atacama snuff tablets. Nazca bamboo snuffer. Nayarit and Colima snuffers figurine snuffing. Illustration of Costa Rica snuffer. Codex page. Photos of B. Marinus, morning glories. Taíno zemi. Illustration of Moche fine line vessel. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1967, 3/1969, 5/1970, 3/1990, 3/1994, 5/1994, 4/1995, 5/1995, 9/1997.
Sheet 3: Two object dates given. Codex pages. Inca snuff tube. Colima ceramic snuffer, figurine group. Monte Alban snuffing pipe. Chimu silver cup. Taíno zemi. San Emigdio cave painting. Inca silver kero. Mushroom stones. Illustrations of Veracruz figurine and Brazil tools. Shipibo figural ceramic. Siberia mushroom rock carvings. Photo of datura flower. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 7/1969, 9/1970, 8/1972, 3/1980, 6/1989, 1/1993, 8/1994, 5/1995, 4/1996.
Sheet 4: One object date given. Five slides taped in back. Some dates illegible. Pachacamac, Atacama, and Salinar snuffing tablets. Olmec serpentine tablet. A Peregrina photo. Reichel-Dolmatoff's photos of Yage making among the Tukano. Illustration of I. violacea seed pods. Photos of morning glories in Morelos. Codex page. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 5/1970, 3/1990, 1/1992, 4/1995, 4/1999, 7/2000, 8/2000.
Sheet 5: One slide taped in back. California rock painting illustrations. Polychrome ceramic incensario. Illustration of figurine. Chavin curved object. Ecuadorian coca chewer figurine. Bone vessel. Tarascan incised rabbit pipe and zoomorphic pipe. Eastern woodland catlinite pipe. Photo of datura, collections of books on hallucinogenic plants and mushrooms. Several slides marked with dimensions. 5/1962, 2/1981, 6/1981, 11/1990, 4/1994, 5/1995, 7/1995, 9/1995.
Sheet 6: Seminole/Cree Native American Church peyote fan, beaded pin metal pins. Tarascan ceramic figural pipes, metal bells. Quadruped figurines. Most slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 7/1995.
Sheet 7: Seminole/Cree Native American Church peyote fan. A few slides marked with dimensions. 6/1972, 7/1983, 6/1985, 8/1989, 4/1990, 1/1993, 9/1993, 8/1994, 9/1996, 4/1999, 4/2000.
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