Plant and Mushroom Photos, Vessels, Pipes, Murals, Codices, Figurines, Darien Pendants, Maya, Badianus Manuscript, Teotihuacan., 1963-2000
File — Box: 8, Folder: 10-11
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1963-2000
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 slide taped with labels on the top and left side. One slide taped in back. Photos of morning glory, Amanita muscaria, datura. Colima figurine. Quimbaya Darien pendants. Maya ceramic vessels. Photo of Tukano yage. Colombia ceramic lime containers, metal lime dipper. Teotihuacan mural. Codex page. 4/1999.
Sheet 2: Maya vessel with enema iconography. Mushroom stone. Photo of datura. Ceramic figural pipes. Tlingit pipes Catlinite, wood and metal figural pipes. Quilled pipe bag. Metal adornment. Ceramic bowl. Coca chewer mask. A few slides marked with dimensions. 1/1966, 5/1970, 9/1970, 9/1973, 7/1983, 5/1990, 7/1993, 10/1993, 11/1993; 11/1995.
Sheet 3: Four slides taped in back. Photos of datura, morning glory at San Cristobal, Guatemala. Illustration of Turbina corymbosa. Chavin, La Mina, Moche figural ceramic vessels. Chavin tenon head. Sahagun codex page. 4/1999.
Sheet 4: Mushroom stone. Textile. Snuff tablets. Peyote fans. Ecuador stone mortar. Nazca figural vessel. Amanita muscaria photo. West Mexican figures and figural vessel. Darien pendant. Inca keros and snuff tube. Huichol yarn paintings. Metal coca chewer mask. One slide marked with dimensions. 6/1969, 10/1993, 4/1999, 3/2000.
Sheet 5: One slide taped in back. Peyote fan pin. Taino vomiting spoon. Tlingit pipe. Cave painting, paintings. Datura plants. Snuff implements. Chavin figural ceramics. Polychrome tripod vessel. Teotihuacan mural. Maya illustrations. Two slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1962, 11/1962, 9/1976, 9/1982, 6/1985, 9/1986, 10/1986.
Sheet 6: One slide taped in back. Amanita muscaria, Stropharia cubensis, peyote, and datura. Mushroom stones, Veracruz figurine. Painted Cave, California. Darien pendants. Colima figural ceramic scene. A few slides marked with descriptions. 10/1966, 1/1969, 9/1970, 9/1984.
Sheet 7: Two slides taped in front. Three slides taped in back. Codex Vienna pages. Huichol yarn paintings. Moche fine line vessel. Huichol area landscape. 3/1976, 9/1984, 9/1995, 4/1996.
Sheet 8: Maya vase with enema imagery, Maya enema figurine. Bandelier datura. Veracruz figurine on bed. One slide marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 4/1974, 3/1976.
Sheet 9: One slide discolored (pink). Rollout of polychrome ritual enema vessel, other Maya vessel with enema imagery. Jaina figurine. A few slides marked with descriptions. 3/1976.
Sheet 10: Jaina and other Maya vessels with enema imagery. Jaina figurine. One slide marked with description. Undated.
Sheet 11: Two slides taped in back. Maya vessels with enema imagery. Ceramic whistle figurine. Codex image. 9/1995.
Sheet 12: One slide taped in front and back. Maya vessels with enema imagery from "Maya Vase Book." Undated.
Sheet 13: Glyphic and imagery of Maya enema illustrations. Codex pages. One slide marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 12/1963, 3/1970, 1981, 7/1983, 8/1989, 9/1995, 9/1996.
Sheet 14: Robert Sonin image copyright: Maya figurine. Maya vessel and illustrations with enema imagery and enema figurine. Teotihuacan vessels with morning glory imagery. Datura photo, Badianus manuscript. 9/1996.
Sheet 15: One slide taped in back. Maya vessel and illustrations with enema imagery. Jaguar bladder enema device. 4/1974.
Sheet 16: Maya vessel and illustrations with enema imagery. Undated.
Sheet 2: Maya vessel with enema iconography. Mushroom stone. Photo of datura. Ceramic figural pipes. Tlingit pipes Catlinite, wood and metal figural pipes. Quilled pipe bag. Metal adornment. Ceramic bowl. Coca chewer mask. A few slides marked with dimensions. 1/1966, 5/1970, 9/1970, 9/1973, 7/1983, 5/1990, 7/1993, 10/1993, 11/1993; 11/1995.
Sheet 3: Four slides taped in back. Photos of datura, morning glory at San Cristobal, Guatemala. Illustration of Turbina corymbosa. Chavin, La Mina, Moche figural ceramic vessels. Chavin tenon head. Sahagun codex page. 4/1999.
Sheet 4: Mushroom stone. Textile. Snuff tablets. Peyote fans. Ecuador stone mortar. Nazca figural vessel. Amanita muscaria photo. West Mexican figures and figural vessel. Darien pendant. Inca keros and snuff tube. Huichol yarn paintings. Metal coca chewer mask. One slide marked with dimensions. 6/1969, 10/1993, 4/1999, 3/2000.
Sheet 5: One slide taped in back. Peyote fan pin. Taino vomiting spoon. Tlingit pipe. Cave painting, paintings. Datura plants. Snuff implements. Chavin figural ceramics. Polychrome tripod vessel. Teotihuacan mural. Maya illustrations. Two slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1962, 11/1962, 9/1976, 9/1982, 6/1985, 9/1986, 10/1986.
Sheet 6: One slide taped in back. Amanita muscaria, Stropharia cubensis, peyote, and datura. Mushroom stones, Veracruz figurine. Painted Cave, California. Darien pendants. Colima figural ceramic scene. A few slides marked with descriptions. 10/1966, 1/1969, 9/1970, 9/1984.
Sheet 7: Two slides taped in front. Three slides taped in back. Codex Vienna pages. Huichol yarn paintings. Moche fine line vessel. Huichol area landscape. 3/1976, 9/1984, 9/1995, 4/1996.
Sheet 8: Maya vase with enema imagery, Maya enema figurine. Bandelier datura. Veracruz figurine on bed. One slide marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 4/1974, 3/1976.
Sheet 9: One slide discolored (pink). Rollout of polychrome ritual enema vessel, other Maya vessel with enema imagery. Jaina figurine. A few slides marked with descriptions. 3/1976.
Sheet 10: Jaina and other Maya vessels with enema imagery. Jaina figurine. One slide marked with description. Undated.
Sheet 11: Two slides taped in back. Maya vessels with enema imagery. Ceramic whistle figurine. Codex image. 9/1995.
Sheet 12: One slide taped in front and back. Maya vessels with enema imagery from "Maya Vase Book." Undated.
Sheet 13: Glyphic and imagery of Maya enema illustrations. Codex pages. One slide marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 12/1963, 3/1970, 1981, 7/1983, 8/1989, 9/1995, 9/1996.
Sheet 14: Robert Sonin image copyright: Maya figurine. Maya vessel and illustrations with enema imagery and enema figurine. Teotihuacan vessels with morning glory imagery. Datura photo, Badianus manuscript. 9/1996.
Sheet 15: One slide taped in back. Maya vessel and illustrations with enema imagery. Jaguar bladder enema device. 4/1974.
Sheet 16: Maya vessel and illustrations with enema imagery. Undated.
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