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Figurines, Vessels, Trumpets, 1963-1996

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 5-6

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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.

Dates

  • 1963-1996

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: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines: human and dog. Onyx bowl. Slides marked with dimensions. 7/1995.

Sheet 2: Jalisco and Zacatecas. Ceramic figurines: human and dog. Ceramic rabbit vessel. Most slides marked with dimensions. 5/1995, 7/1995.

Sheet 3: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines: human and architectural form. Carved stone figurine. Some slides marked with dimensions. 08/1964, 11/1984, 8/1990, 2/1996.

Sheet 4: Some dates too faint to read. Jalisco, Zacatecas, Colima, Nayarit. Ceramic figurines: pairs and ballplayers. Carved stone figural vessel. Some slides marked with dimensions. 11/1963, 5/1971, 1/1978, 7/1988, 3/1989, 12/1994.

Sheet 5: Jalisco. Standing Female and Seated Male Dignitary in commercial bindings. Pseudo-cloisonné polychrome ceramic vessels. 6/1965, 1/1968, 12/1994.

Sheet 6: Pseudo-cloisonné polychrome ceramic vessel, ceramic bowl and vessel, whistles. Two slides marked with dimensions. 8/1964, 1/1968.

Sheet 7: Jalisco, Colima. Ciudad Guzmán petroglyph, spindle whorls, stone, shell, and ceramic figurines. Most slides marked with dimensions. 6/1965, 8/1965, 5/1967, 11/1984.

Sheet 8: Nayarit, Jalisco. Image of Parroquia de Santo Santiago Apostol. Image of San Sebastian shaft tomb interior with figurines. Ceramic plates, bowls, and vessels. Some slides marked with dimensions. Some dates too faint to read. 3/1962, 7/1964, 8/1964, 1/1965, 12/1971; 1978.

Sheet 9: Jalisco. Ceramic and shell trumpets. A few slides marked with dimensions. 1/1965, 1968, 1969, 12/1971, 1/1978.

Sheet 10: Jalisco. Ceramic and shell trumpets. Some slides marked with dimensions. 2/1965, 8/1968, 12/1969, 12/1971, 1/1978.

Sheet 11: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines: sitting and hunchback. Most slides marked with dimensions. 6/1968, 2/1981, 11/1990, 10/1992, 5/1993.

Sheet 12: Zacatecas, Tarascan, Jalisco. Stone figural vessels, pipe, ceramic figurine pairs. A few slides marked with dimensions. 6/1969, 6/1970, 9/1970. 10/1970, 5/1971.

Sheet 13: Zacatecas, Jalisco. Stone figural vessels, ceramic figurine: single and pairs, pipes or snuffers. A few slides marked with dimensions. 9/1967, 6/1969, 10/1970, 3/1971, 5/1971.

Sheet 14: Zacatecas, Jalisco. Ceramic figurine: single and pairs, stone figural vessel, ceramic genre scene. Some slides marked with dimensions. 8/1964, 6/1965, 12/1967, 1/1969, 5/1971, 1979, 9/1984, 11/1984.

Sheet 15: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting. One marked "fake." Ceramic figural vessels. A few slides marked with dimensions. 5/1967, 8/1965, 1/1969, 3/1970, 12/1971, 2/1977, 10/1985.

Sheet 16: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting. Ceramic vessel with figurine attached. Some slides marked with dimensions. 5/1963, 8/1967, 8/1968, 9/1968, 12/1971, 7/1976.

Sheet 17: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting. Ceramic figural vessels. Some slides marked with dimensions. 5/1963, 8/1967, 6/1968, 1/1969, 2/1973, 10/1985.

Sheet 18: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1964, 11/1964, 8/1967, 1/1969 3/1970.

Sheet 19: Gerald and Hope Solomons collection. Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting. Ceramic figural vessel. 10/1963, 2/1973, 2/1981.

Sheet 20: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1964, 6/1965, 6/1968, 3/1970, 2/1973.

Sheet 21: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting, pairs and single. Ceramic figural vessels. Most slides marked with dimensions. 5/1990, 10/1990, 11/1990, 10/1992, 7/1993.

Sheet 22: One slide has a loose label. Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting, pairs and single, ceramic genre scenes. Some slides marked with dimensions. Some dates too faint to read. 6/1965, 4/1968, 5/1990, 11/1990.

Sheet 23: One slide is taped in the back. Jalisco, Colima, Zacatecas. Ceramic figurines, standing and sitting, pairs and single. Ceramic figural vessels, ceramic genre scene: labeled "smoking ceremony." Carved stone figurine/ celt. Some slides marked with dimensions. 2/1964, 5/1979, 10/1987.

Sheet 24: Jalisco. Ceramic figurines, single standing and sitting. Most slides marked with dimensions. 1/1965, 2/1965, 3/1979, 2/1984.

Sheet 25: Jalisco, Female figurines. Page marked with tab labeled "Females." 1/1969, 2/1977, 5/1978.

Sheet 26: Two slides marked "Jalisco fake." Images of San Sebastian shaft tomb in Jalisco. Single ceramic figurines, sitting and standing. Some slides marked with dimensions. 3/1962, 8/1964, 8/1965, 9/1970, 12/1971, 2/1977.

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
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