Pipes, Jewelry, Mortars, Vessels, Spoons, Kachinas, Plant Photos, 1963-1997
File — Box: 9, Folder: 3
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1963-1997
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: One slide has broken top left corner. Two slides taped with "Furst" label in front. Ecuador feline mortar. Nayarit snuffer. Veraguas Darien pendants. Gran Coclé gold feline figurine. Nazca feline whisker mask. Chimu sheet metal mask. Nose ring. Mushroom stone. Codex page. Several slides marked with dimensions. 9/1993, 4/1993, 8/1997.
Sheet 2: Badianus Manuscript page, other codex pages. Photo of morning glory at Tulum. Cave paintings at Pecos Seminole Canyon, Parida. Peyote fan. Photo of morning glory. Taíno zemi and vomiting spoon. Tairona ceramic lime container. Chavin figural vessel. Inca snuffer. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 9/1963, 2/1970, 9/1973, 6/1974, 5/1985, 3/1990, 3/1994.
Sheet 3: Darien pendant back side. Taino shell bead belt. Chumash ceramic bowls. Codex page. Ceramic pipe. Photo of datura. Nazca fiber tube. Atacama snuff tablet. Cajamarca lime dipper and container. Paracas incised wooden tube. Chavin figural vessel and bowls. Jalisco figurine. Argillite pipe. Twilled pipe bag, likely Plains. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 6/1980, 4/1981, 4/1993, 11/1993, 3/1994, 5/1995, 5/1997.
Sheet 4: Taíno stone ballgame belt, zemis, snuff pounder. Tarascan ceramic pipe. Sioux catlinite and wood pipe. Chumash ceramic incised bowl. Atacama snuff tablet. Inca snuff tube. Ecuador feline mortar. Photo of acorns, labeled Mexico. Several slides marked with dimensions. 6/1970, 4/1981, 9/1985, 3/1990, 11/1990, 3/1994, 5/1995, 10/1997.
Sheet 5: One slide taped in back. Some dates illegible. Maya toad vessel and Kaminaljuyu toad mortar. Photos of toad, probably Bufo marinus. Photo of Patzun turkey. Atacama snuff tablet. Inca snuff tubes. Ecuador feline mortar. Moche toad vessel. Copan illustration of Stela D. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 2/1970, 6/1974, 1/1983, 9/1985, 3/1990.
Sheet 6: One slide taped in back. One photo copyright of Robert Sonin: Darien pendant. Photos of Bufo marinus. Mushroom stones. Codex pages. Zacatecas figurine pair. Argentina metal line dipper and container. Inca snuff tube. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 6/1976, 5/1979, 3/1990, 8/1994, 11/1995.
Sheet 7: One slide taped on bottom edge with "Furst" label. One slide taped in back. Some dates illegible. Haida stone bowl. Chumash pipe. Argillite pipe. Stone tablet. Painted Cave, California. Illustration of Veracruz figurine. Norden shield illustration, Gulf Coast stone yoke. Photo of indigenous woman with datura. Taíno zemi. Maya cylinder vessel painting. A few slides marked with dimensions. 4/1981, 3/1990, 3/1994, 11/1995.
Sheet 8: Two slides taped in back. Nazca incised bamboo snuffer. Tiwanaku stone tablet. Cyprus ceramic wedding cup. Bufo marinus photos. Indigenous peoples using snuffer. Maya toad stones and mortar. Mitla ceramic dog vessel. Chavin figural vessels. A few slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 1/1983, 10/1993, 9/1997.
Sheet 9: Two slides taped in back. Guatemala stone head. Costa Rican snuffing figurines. Pawnee catlinite pipe. Photos of datura, Amanita muscaria. Veracruz ceramic figure in bed. Quimbaya Darien pendant. Chimu metal kero. Colima and Olmec acrobat figurines. Sioux catlinite pipe. Olmec spoon. Nazca figural vessel. Badianus manuscript page. Hopi kachina head. Guatemala mushroom stone. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. Two slides marked with dates. 7/1969, 3/1973, 8/1981, 10/1982, 7/1985, 9/1986, 5/1993, 2/1994, 4/1995, 2/1996, 4/1996, 5/1996, 10/1997.
Sheet 10: One slide taped in back. Photos of Datura stramonium, Amanita muscaria, cubensis species. Mushroom stones. Taíno vomiting spoon. Codex pages. Nayarit figurine with mushroom. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1968, 9/1970, 6/1985, 10/1986, 8/1989, 4/1995.
Sheet 11: One slide taped in back. Photos of peyote, datura at Bandelier, morning glory. Pachacamac wooden snuff mortar and dipper or tube. Atacama snuff tablet. Chumash ceramic bowl. Taíno vomiting spoon. Several slides marked with descriptions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 2/1967, 4/1981, 7/1983, 9/1984, 6/1989, 3/1990, 4/1995, 9/1996.
Sheet 12: Tlingit tobacco pipes. Codex page. San pedro object illustration. A few slides marked with dimesions. 8/1963, 6/1981, 6/1993, 9/1996.
Sheet 13: Four slides taped in back. Chavin and Moche illustrations. Snuff tablet. Taíno zemi circle, Caribbean. 6/1989, 1/1993.
Sheet 14: Three slide taped in back. Snuff tablet. Semi circle, Caribbean. Inca snuff tube. Photo of Stropharia cubensis at Palenque. Moche vessel showing san pedro cactus and A. peregrina. Indigenous man. Colima vessel. Chavin illustrations. A few slides marked with dimensions. 1/1993, 11/1995.
Sheet 15: Chavin illustrations. Inca snuff tube and llama mortar. Atacama snuff tablet. A few slides marked with dimensions. 3/1990.
Sheet 2: Badianus Manuscript page, other codex pages. Photo of morning glory at Tulum. Cave paintings at Pecos Seminole Canyon, Parida. Peyote fan. Photo of morning glory. Taíno zemi and vomiting spoon. Tairona ceramic lime container. Chavin figural vessel. Inca snuffer. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 9/1963, 2/1970, 9/1973, 6/1974, 5/1985, 3/1990, 3/1994.
Sheet 3: Darien pendant back side. Taino shell bead belt. Chumash ceramic bowls. Codex page. Ceramic pipe. Photo of datura. Nazca fiber tube. Atacama snuff tablet. Cajamarca lime dipper and container. Paracas incised wooden tube. Chavin figural vessel and bowls. Jalisco figurine. Argillite pipe. Twilled pipe bag, likely Plains. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 6/1980, 4/1981, 4/1993, 11/1993, 3/1994, 5/1995, 5/1997.
Sheet 4: Taíno stone ballgame belt, zemis, snuff pounder. Tarascan ceramic pipe. Sioux catlinite and wood pipe. Chumash ceramic incised bowl. Atacama snuff tablet. Inca snuff tube. Ecuador feline mortar. Photo of acorns, labeled Mexico. Several slides marked with dimensions. 6/1970, 4/1981, 9/1985, 3/1990, 11/1990, 3/1994, 5/1995, 10/1997.
Sheet 5: One slide taped in back. Some dates illegible. Maya toad vessel and Kaminaljuyu toad mortar. Photos of toad, probably Bufo marinus. Photo of Patzun turkey. Atacama snuff tablet. Inca snuff tubes. Ecuador feline mortar. Moche toad vessel. Copan illustration of Stela D. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 2/1970, 6/1974, 1/1983, 9/1985, 3/1990.
Sheet 6: One slide taped in back. One photo copyright of Robert Sonin: Darien pendant. Photos of Bufo marinus. Mushroom stones. Codex pages. Zacatecas figurine pair. Argentina metal line dipper and container. Inca snuff tube. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 6/1976, 5/1979, 3/1990, 8/1994, 11/1995.
Sheet 7: One slide taped on bottom edge with "Furst" label. One slide taped in back. Some dates illegible. Haida stone bowl. Chumash pipe. Argillite pipe. Stone tablet. Painted Cave, California. Illustration of Veracruz figurine. Norden shield illustration, Gulf Coast stone yoke. Photo of indigenous woman with datura. Taíno zemi. Maya cylinder vessel painting. A few slides marked with dimensions. 4/1981, 3/1990, 3/1994, 11/1995.
Sheet 8: Two slides taped in back. Nazca incised bamboo snuffer. Tiwanaku stone tablet. Cyprus ceramic wedding cup. Bufo marinus photos. Indigenous peoples using snuffer. Maya toad stones and mortar. Mitla ceramic dog vessel. Chavin figural vessels. A few slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 1/1983, 10/1993, 9/1997.
Sheet 9: Two slides taped in back. Guatemala stone head. Costa Rican snuffing figurines. Pawnee catlinite pipe. Photos of datura, Amanita muscaria. Veracruz ceramic figure in bed. Quimbaya Darien pendant. Chimu metal kero. Colima and Olmec acrobat figurines. Sioux catlinite pipe. Olmec spoon. Nazca figural vessel. Badianus manuscript page. Hopi kachina head. Guatemala mushroom stone. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. Two slides marked with dates. 7/1969, 3/1973, 8/1981, 10/1982, 7/1985, 9/1986, 5/1993, 2/1994, 4/1995, 2/1996, 4/1996, 5/1996, 10/1997.
Sheet 10: One slide taped in back. Photos of Datura stramonium, Amanita muscaria, cubensis species. Mushroom stones. Taíno vomiting spoon. Codex pages. Nayarit figurine with mushroom. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1968, 9/1970, 6/1985, 10/1986, 8/1989, 4/1995.
Sheet 11: One slide taped in back. Photos of peyote, datura at Bandelier, morning glory. Pachacamac wooden snuff mortar and dipper or tube. Atacama snuff tablet. Chumash ceramic bowl. Taíno vomiting spoon. Several slides marked with descriptions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 2/1967, 4/1981, 7/1983, 9/1984, 6/1989, 3/1990, 4/1995, 9/1996.
Sheet 12: Tlingit tobacco pipes. Codex page. San pedro object illustration. A few slides marked with dimesions. 8/1963, 6/1981, 6/1993, 9/1996.
Sheet 13: Four slides taped in back. Chavin and Moche illustrations. Snuff tablet. Taíno zemi circle, Caribbean. 6/1989, 1/1993.
Sheet 14: Three slide taped in back. Snuff tablet. Semi circle, Caribbean. Inca snuff tube. Photo of Stropharia cubensis at Palenque. Moche vessel showing san pedro cactus and A. peregrina. Indigenous man. Colima vessel. Chavin illustrations. A few slides marked with dimensions. 1/1993, 11/1995.
Sheet 15: Chavin illustrations. Inca snuff tube and llama mortar. Atacama snuff tablet. A few slides marked with dimensions. 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
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