Vessels, Jewelry, Bells, Pipes, Figurines, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, Surinam, Chile, Panama, North America, Venezuela, Costa Rica, 1962-1996
File — Box: 17, Folder: 1
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1962-1996
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: Michoacán polychrome bowls. Incense burner with handle. Tripod polychrome plate. Most slides marked with dimensions. 7/1995, 2/1996.
Sheet 2: Tripod polychrome bowls with incision in center. Polychrome and incised bowl. Michoacán incense burner with handle. Colima incised bowl. Pedestal jar. All slides marked with dimensions. 2/1996.
Sheet 3: Tzinzulitzan spouted vessel. Tarascan spouted vessel, tripod bowls, incised spindle whorls. Several slides marked with dimensions. 2/1996.
Sheet 4: Michoacán: Incised bowls, polychrome bowls. Tarascan: Spouted vessel with handles, tripod polychrome bowl. Chuipcuaro figural vessel with handle. Ear spools. Small tripod vessel. Incised spindle whorl. Most slides marked with dimensions. 7/1995, 2/1996.
Sheet 5: Michoacán: four compartment vessel, flint knives, seated and standing figurines, figurine pair, small stone vessels, stone mask. Tarascan polychrome vase. Several slides marked with dimensions. 1/1962, 9/1964, 11/1964, 2/1965, 12/1971, 11/1995.
Sheet 6: Tarascan tripod bowl, polychrome painted shells. Michoacán flint knives, small stone vessels, ceramic incense burner with handle. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 3/1965, 8/1967, 12/1971.
Sheet 7: Michoacán: Flint knives, stone mask, ceramic bear mask, tripod polychrome vessel. Most slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 3/1965, 12/1965, 12/1971.
Sheet 8: Tarascan: seated stone sculptures, stone marriage pair, stone chacmools, metates, small stone vessels, knives. A few slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 6/1963, 11/1964, 12/1964, 1/1965, 6/1965, 9/1968, 12/1971.
Sheet 9: Michoacán polychrome tripod vessels, spouted vessels with handles, avian figural vessel. Inlaid and stone ear spools. Quartz bead necklace. Stone figurine holding bowl above head. Seated stone sculptures. Two slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 3/1965, 6/1965, 8/1965, 12/1965, 12/1966.
Sheet 10: Tarascan adornment, ceramic bowl and tripod vessel, spouted vessels with handles. Pablo Esteban O'Higgins painting of Tarascan wedding. Diorama of Tzintzuntzan. Two slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 11/1964, 3/1965, 6/1965, 3/1969, 4/1969.
Sheet 11: Polychrome lid, polychrome alabaster vessel, polychrome bowl. Tarascan tripod vessels. Apatzingan figurines, sellos, shell, bone, and jade necklace, beads. One slide marked with description. 3/1962, 6/1965, 8/1967.
Sheet 12: Polychrome vessels, Zacapu vessel. Copper bell. Figural metate. Figurine pair. Tarascan ceramic bowls, spouted bowl with handle, bicephalic vessel, copper bell. Tarascan rabbit pipe. Several slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 10/1963, 12/1965, 7/1995, 11/1995, 2/1996.
Sheet 2: Tripod polychrome bowls with incision in center. Polychrome and incised bowl. Michoacán incense burner with handle. Colima incised bowl. Pedestal jar. All slides marked with dimensions. 2/1996.
Sheet 3: Tzinzulitzan spouted vessel. Tarascan spouted vessel, tripod bowls, incised spindle whorls. Several slides marked with dimensions. 2/1996.
Sheet 4: Michoacán: Incised bowls, polychrome bowls. Tarascan: Spouted vessel with handles, tripod polychrome bowl. Chuipcuaro figural vessel with handle. Ear spools. Small tripod vessel. Incised spindle whorl. Most slides marked with dimensions. 7/1995, 2/1996.
Sheet 5: Michoacán: four compartment vessel, flint knives, seated and standing figurines, figurine pair, small stone vessels, stone mask. Tarascan polychrome vase. Several slides marked with dimensions. 1/1962, 9/1964, 11/1964, 2/1965, 12/1971, 11/1995.
Sheet 6: Tarascan tripod bowl, polychrome painted shells. Michoacán flint knives, small stone vessels, ceramic incense burner with handle. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 3/1965, 8/1967, 12/1971.
Sheet 7: Michoacán: Flint knives, stone mask, ceramic bear mask, tripod polychrome vessel. Most slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 3/1965, 12/1965, 12/1971.
Sheet 8: Tarascan: seated stone sculptures, stone marriage pair, stone chacmools, metates, small stone vessels, knives. A few slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 6/1963, 11/1964, 12/1964, 1/1965, 6/1965, 9/1968, 12/1971.
Sheet 9: Michoacán polychrome tripod vessels, spouted vessels with handles, avian figural vessel. Inlaid and stone ear spools. Quartz bead necklace. Stone figurine holding bowl above head. Seated stone sculptures. Two slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 3/1965, 6/1965, 8/1965, 12/1965, 12/1966.
Sheet 10: Tarascan adornment, ceramic bowl and tripod vessel, spouted vessels with handles. Pablo Esteban O'Higgins painting of Tarascan wedding. Diorama of Tzintzuntzan. Two slides marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 11/1964, 3/1965, 6/1965, 3/1969, 4/1969.
Sheet 11: Polychrome lid, polychrome alabaster vessel, polychrome bowl. Tarascan tripod vessels. Apatzingan figurines, sellos, shell, bone, and jade necklace, beads. One slide marked with description. 3/1962, 6/1965, 8/1967.
Sheet 12: Polychrome vessels, Zacapu vessel. Copper bell. Figural metate. Figurine pair. Tarascan ceramic bowls, spouted bowl with handle, bicephalic vessel, copper bell. Tarascan rabbit pipe. Several slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 10/1963, 12/1965, 7/1995, 11/1995, 2/1996.
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