Native American Church, Osona, Chumash, Monte Alban, Zacatecas, Jalisco, Nayarit, Teotihuacan, Siberia, Maya, Ecuador, Colombia, Mushrooms, Plants, codices, Mushroom Stones, Mortars, Pipes, Snuffers, Incensarios, 1964-1996
File — Box: 9, 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1964-1996
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: One slide taped in back. Images of painted cave, California. Illustrations of poison dart frog. Atacama snuff tablet. Chumash painted vision. Inca llama mortar. Monte Alban snuffing pipe. Unlabeled ceramic figural vessel. Several slides marked with dimensions. 1/1984, 8/1992, 5/1995, 7/1995.
Sheet 2: Some dates illegible. Inca kero and pipe. Codex pages. Veraguas metal Darien pendant. Plains catlinite pipe. Ecuadorian coca chewer figurine. Teotihuacan mural. A few slides marked with dimensions. 6/1964, 5/1970, 8/1989.
Sheet 3: Two slides taped in back. Photo of Tukano men. Photo of uprooted peyote. Illustration of Moche bowl, deer hunting. Allamanda catharctica (Nayarit) photos. Guatemala stone figurine. West Mexican figural vessel. Peyote fans. Codex page. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1989, 1/1993, 5/1993, 8/1996.
Sheet 4: Argentina metal mate dipper, Osona metal lime dipper. Ecuador feline mortar, coca chewer figurine. Rio Magdalena lidded figural ceramic. Peyote fans. Maya polychrome jar with enema scene. Badianus Manuscript pages. Painted parfleche. Photo of peyote. Guatemala stone head. Several slides marked with dimensions. 1/1974, 5/1980, 3/1990, 3/1992, 5/1993, 8/1994, 4/1995.
Sheet 5: Argentina Osona metal lime dippers and containers. Most slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with dates. 8/1994.
Sheet 6: One slide taped on top and left side. Some dates illegible. Photos of morning glory, cannabis. Sahagun illustration. Badianus Manuscript pages. Argentina mate dipper. Nayarit figurine. Illustration of Maya tripod vessel. A few slides marked with descriptions. 7/1967, 2/1970, 3/1970, 9/1970, 7/1989.
Sheet 7: Photos of morning glories in San Cristobal, Morelos, Palenque. Murals at Teotihuacan. 5/1970, 6/1985.
Sheet 8: Some dates illegible. Photos of Amanita muscaria. Siberian mushroom petroglyphs from R.G. Wasson. Mushroom stone in Denver MNH. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1972, 9/1976, 6/1985, 6/1989.
Sheet 9: Photos of Amanita muscaria. Maya mushroom stones, one fake. Zacatecas and Jalisco figurines. A few slides marked with descriptions. 9/1967, 6/1976, 9/1976, 6/1985, 10/1986.
Sheet 10: One slide taped in front. One slide taped in back. Photos and illustrations of Amanita muscaria. Nayarit and Zacatecas figurines. Vienna codex and Sahagun illustrations. Chavin figural vessel. Siberian mushroom rock carvings. Colombian metal Darian figure. Gulf Coast ceramic mushroom. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 9/1967, 7/1968, 9/1969, 9/1970, 8/1972, 9/1976, 7/1981, 6/1985, 4/1993, 5/1993, 11/1993.
Sheet 11: One slide taped in back. Photos of Amanita muscaria and Stropharla cubensis. Colombian Darien figures. Guatemala Bufo Marinus. Maya and Oaxaca mushroom stones, one fake. One slide marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 7/1974, 6/1976, 6/1977, 6/1985, 4/1993.
Sheet 12: Three slides stamped with copyright information. Three slides copyrighted to Paul Stamets: mushrooms growing, Sclerotia, mushroom stone. Quimbaya Darien pendants. Codex pages. Photo of badger. Puebla mural. One slide marked with dimensions. 6/1972, 4/1990, 9/1996.
Sheet 13: One slide taped in back. Darien pendants. Mushrooms stones. Amanita muscaria photos. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 9/1976, 6/1985, 10/1986, 4/1993, 5/1993, 9/1993.
Sheet 14: One slide marked with object date. Amanita muscaria photos. Guatemala stone figural mortar. One slide marked with dimensions. 9/1976, 9/1993.
Sheet 15: One slide marked with object date. Photos of Painted Cave, California. Badianus Manuscript page, Codex Nuttall illustration. Figural incensario. Mixtec tripod polychrome vessel. Guatemala stone mortar, mushroom stone. Datura flowers. Datura pod effigy bowl. A few slides marked with dimensions. 3/1970, 7/1983, 11/1990, 9/1993.
Sheet 16: Atacama wood snuff tablets. Tiwanaku stone snuff tablet. Inca snuff tube. Chavin spoon. Nayarit snuffer. Aymara incised cow bone pipe or snuffer. Olmec snuff spoon. Monte Alban and Mitla ceramic pipes. Inuit bone and metal pipe. Ecuador feline mortar. Photos of Painted Cave, California. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 7/1968, 5/1972, 6/1977, 11/1980, 7/1988, 3/1990.
Sheet 2: Some dates illegible. Inca kero and pipe. Codex pages. Veraguas metal Darien pendant. Plains catlinite pipe. Ecuadorian coca chewer figurine. Teotihuacan mural. A few slides marked with dimensions. 6/1964, 5/1970, 8/1989.
Sheet 3: Two slides taped in back. Photo of Tukano men. Photo of uprooted peyote. Illustration of Moche bowl, deer hunting. Allamanda catharctica (Nayarit) photos. Guatemala stone figurine. West Mexican figural vessel. Peyote fans. Codex page. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1989, 1/1993, 5/1993, 8/1996.
Sheet 4: Argentina metal mate dipper, Osona metal lime dipper. Ecuador feline mortar, coca chewer figurine. Rio Magdalena lidded figural ceramic. Peyote fans. Maya polychrome jar with enema scene. Badianus Manuscript pages. Painted parfleche. Photo of peyote. Guatemala stone head. Several slides marked with dimensions. 1/1974, 5/1980, 3/1990, 3/1992, 5/1993, 8/1994, 4/1995.
Sheet 5: Argentina Osona metal lime dippers and containers. Most slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with dates. 8/1994.
Sheet 6: One slide taped on top and left side. Some dates illegible. Photos of morning glory, cannabis. Sahagun illustration. Badianus Manuscript pages. Argentina mate dipper. Nayarit figurine. Illustration of Maya tripod vessel. A few slides marked with descriptions. 7/1967, 2/1970, 3/1970, 9/1970, 7/1989.
Sheet 7: Photos of morning glories in San Cristobal, Morelos, Palenque. Murals at Teotihuacan. 5/1970, 6/1985.
Sheet 8: Some dates illegible. Photos of Amanita muscaria. Siberian mushroom petroglyphs from R.G. Wasson. Mushroom stone in Denver MNH. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1972, 9/1976, 6/1985, 6/1989.
Sheet 9: Photos of Amanita muscaria. Maya mushroom stones, one fake. Zacatecas and Jalisco figurines. A few slides marked with descriptions. 9/1967, 6/1976, 9/1976, 6/1985, 10/1986.
Sheet 10: One slide taped in front. One slide taped in back. Photos and illustrations of Amanita muscaria. Nayarit and Zacatecas figurines. Vienna codex and Sahagun illustrations. Chavin figural vessel. Siberian mushroom rock carvings. Colombian metal Darian figure. Gulf Coast ceramic mushroom. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 9/1967, 7/1968, 9/1969, 9/1970, 8/1972, 9/1976, 7/1981, 6/1985, 4/1993, 5/1993, 11/1993.
Sheet 11: One slide taped in back. Photos of Amanita muscaria and Stropharla cubensis. Colombian Darien figures. Guatemala Bufo Marinus. Maya and Oaxaca mushroom stones, one fake. One slide marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 7/1974, 6/1976, 6/1977, 6/1985, 4/1993.
Sheet 12: Three slides stamped with copyright information. Three slides copyrighted to Paul Stamets: mushrooms growing, Sclerotia, mushroom stone. Quimbaya Darien pendants. Codex pages. Photo of badger. Puebla mural. One slide marked with dimensions. 6/1972, 4/1990, 9/1996.
Sheet 13: One slide taped in back. Darien pendants. Mushrooms stones. Amanita muscaria photos. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 9/1976, 6/1985, 10/1986, 4/1993, 5/1993, 9/1993.
Sheet 14: One slide marked with object date. Amanita muscaria photos. Guatemala stone figural mortar. One slide marked with dimensions. 9/1976, 9/1993.
Sheet 15: One slide marked with object date. Photos of Painted Cave, California. Badianus Manuscript page, Codex Nuttall illustration. Figural incensario. Mixtec tripod polychrome vessel. Guatemala stone mortar, mushroom stone. Datura flowers. Datura pod effigy bowl. A few slides marked with dimensions. 3/1970, 7/1983, 11/1990, 9/1993.
Sheet 16: Atacama wood snuff tablets. Tiwanaku stone snuff tablet. Inca snuff tube. Chavin spoon. Nayarit snuffer. Aymara incised cow bone pipe or snuffer. Olmec snuff spoon. Monte Alban and Mitla ceramic pipes. Inuit bone and metal pipe. Ecuador feline mortar. Photos of Painted Cave, California. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 7/1968, 5/1972, 6/1977, 11/1980, 7/1988, 3/1990.
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