Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, Surinam, Chile, Panama, North America, 1962-1997
File — Box: 17, Folder: 2-3
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1962-1997
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: Several slides in this binder are water damaged. Lithograph Prints from Alfredo Zalce, Angel Bracho, Alberto Beltran, Leopold Mendez, Isidoro O' Campo, and Francisco Mora. Trapdoor spider, greenstone mask. Some additional info and dimensions given. 1985; 1994.
Sheet 2: Photos of Puerto Rican flora. December 1970.
Sheet 3: Cacaxtla murals, stone stela, and excavation. August 1990.
Sheet 4: Cacaxtla murals, photo of Chohula, Puebla. Unlabeled codex images, tile kitchen, carved stone objects, wooden cross, red textile. 1964; 1972-5; 1990; 1992.
Sheet 5: The Badianus Manuscript (Codex Barberini). Photos of Oaxaca. 1982; 1992; 1995.
Sheet 6: Lithographs from Isidoro O'Campo, Leopoldo Mendez, Alberto Beltran, Pablo O'Higgins, Fernando Castro Pacheco. Seri feathered shaman's crown. Some additional info given. 1969; 1983; 1994.
Sheet 7: One slide completely water damaged. Cacaxtla excavation, murals, stone stela. Page of Codex Mendoza. 1981; 1990.
Sheet 8: Cuna mola textiles. Dimensions given. October 1980.
Sheet 9: Awatovi mural illustration, Yucatan cenote illustration, unlabeled stone figurines and vessels. Photos of people in Sacatapequez, Chichicastenango, and Patzun Guatemala. 1965-9; 1972-4; 1990.
Sheet 10: Iztapa, Sacatapequez, Quetzaltenango, Nebaj, Huipil textiles. Photos of solar eclipse. Frog and duck illustrations. Some additional info and dimensions given. 1969; 1984; 1989-90.
Sheet 11: Photos of solar eclipse. Apache baskets, Navajo silverwork, Guerrero pipes. Some dimensions given. 1995.
Sheet 12: Brazilian bowls and figurines, Surinam baskets, Chilean Diaguita ceramic vessels. Some dimensions and info given. 1962-3; 1968.
Sheet 13: Paintings of Tlingit and other Native American cultures. Navajo Silverwork. Images of flights through Honduras. Some info given. 1966.
Sheet 14: Images of petroglyphs in Petroglyph Park, Albuquerque. Colima stone seat and flutes. Some dimensions given. 1964; 1995.
Sheet 15: Images of flora in Guatemala and Puerto Rico, People and aerial photos of Panama. Colima volcano. Some info given. 1962; 1967-70.
Sheet 16: Photos of Colima and stone sculpture. West Mexican ceramic house form. Tucuna textiles, Tupi shrunken heads. Waiwai knives and blowgun, Mapidian crown, apron, and belt. Some info given. 1962-9; 1995; 1997.
Sheet 17: Unlabeled archaeological ruins. Uxmal pyramid. March 1976; April 1995.
Sheet 18: Unlabeled textiles and carved figurine. 1995; 1997.
Sheet 19: Aztec lip plug and carved greenstone, Jivaro shrunken head and feathered textiles. Tibetan vessels. Unlabeled costume and textiles. Some dimensions given. 1962; 1995; 1997.
Sheet 20: Flora of Puerto Rico. December 1970.
Sheet 21: Flora of Puerto Rico and San Juan architecture. December 1970.
Sheet 22: San Antonio Art Museum saint figurines. Costa Rican bowls and figurines. Uaxactum Pyramid diagram. Images of Taos Pueblo. Some dimensions given. 1985; 1991; 1995.
Sheet 23: Images of Taos Pueblo, graveyard and architecture. May 1991.
Sheet 24: Petroglyph Park, Albuquerque. Juayúa costume. Navajo blanket, plumbate vessel, stone figurine, beaded Arapaho moccasins. Image of a scorpion. Some info and dimensions given. 1983; 1995-6.
Sheet 25: Unlabeled textiles, textile belt, twined basket, saint figurine, quilled hide, wooden sculpture, figural ceramic. Stone sculptures. 1983-5; 1995.
Sheet 26: Reproductions of Kuaua Kiva murals, Petroglyphs at Pecos River, Amur River, and 3 Rivers. Benito Ortega wooden figurine. Hopi Sikyatki revival style vessel, Hopi ceramic canteen. Photos of Siberian shamans, Ecuadorian and El Salvadoran figurines. Some info and dimensions given. 1962; 1966; 1983; 1985; 1990; 1995.
Sheet 27: Olmec rubber balls, ceramic figurine. Unlabeled Florentine Codex, carved greenstone. 1995.
Sheet 28: Venezuela ceramic pipe and bowls, Marajo figural ceramic vessel, Unlabeled Aztec stone sculpture. Mural at Bonampak, painting from Tlacachahuaya. Guerrero ceramic dog head bowl. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1996.
Sheet 29: NE Canada bark basket, Sister Minde Wolfe Cherokee woven basket, Moche ceramic figural vessels. Dimensions given. 1983; 1990.
Sheet 30: Unlabeled textiles, possibly Navajo. June 1995.
Sheet 2: Photos of Puerto Rican flora. December 1970.
Sheet 3: Cacaxtla murals, stone stela, and excavation. August 1990.
Sheet 4: Cacaxtla murals, photo of Chohula, Puebla. Unlabeled codex images, tile kitchen, carved stone objects, wooden cross, red textile. 1964; 1972-5; 1990; 1992.
Sheet 5: The Badianus Manuscript (Codex Barberini). Photos of Oaxaca. 1982; 1992; 1995.
Sheet 6: Lithographs from Isidoro O'Campo, Leopoldo Mendez, Alberto Beltran, Pablo O'Higgins, Fernando Castro Pacheco. Seri feathered shaman's crown. Some additional info given. 1969; 1983; 1994.
Sheet 7: One slide completely water damaged. Cacaxtla excavation, murals, stone stela. Page of Codex Mendoza. 1981; 1990.
Sheet 8: Cuna mola textiles. Dimensions given. October 1980.
Sheet 9: Awatovi mural illustration, Yucatan cenote illustration, unlabeled stone figurines and vessels. Photos of people in Sacatapequez, Chichicastenango, and Patzun Guatemala. 1965-9; 1972-4; 1990.
Sheet 10: Iztapa, Sacatapequez, Quetzaltenango, Nebaj, Huipil textiles. Photos of solar eclipse. Frog and duck illustrations. Some additional info and dimensions given. 1969; 1984; 1989-90.
Sheet 11: Photos of solar eclipse. Apache baskets, Navajo silverwork, Guerrero pipes. Some dimensions given. 1995.
Sheet 12: Brazilian bowls and figurines, Surinam baskets, Chilean Diaguita ceramic vessels. Some dimensions and info given. 1962-3; 1968.
Sheet 13: Paintings of Tlingit and other Native American cultures. Navajo Silverwork. Images of flights through Honduras. Some info given. 1966.
Sheet 14: Images of petroglyphs in Petroglyph Park, Albuquerque. Colima stone seat and flutes. Some dimensions given. 1964; 1995.
Sheet 15: Images of flora in Guatemala and Puerto Rico, People and aerial photos of Panama. Colima volcano. Some info given. 1962; 1967-70.
Sheet 16: Photos of Colima and stone sculpture. West Mexican ceramic house form. Tucuna textiles, Tupi shrunken heads. Waiwai knives and blowgun, Mapidian crown, apron, and belt. Some info given. 1962-9; 1995; 1997.
Sheet 17: Unlabeled archaeological ruins. Uxmal pyramid. March 1976; April 1995.
Sheet 18: Unlabeled textiles and carved figurine. 1995; 1997.
Sheet 19: Aztec lip plug and carved greenstone, Jivaro shrunken head and feathered textiles. Tibetan vessels. Unlabeled costume and textiles. Some dimensions given. 1962; 1995; 1997.
Sheet 20: Flora of Puerto Rico. December 1970.
Sheet 21: Flora of Puerto Rico and San Juan architecture. December 1970.
Sheet 22: San Antonio Art Museum saint figurines. Costa Rican bowls and figurines. Uaxactum Pyramid diagram. Images of Taos Pueblo. Some dimensions given. 1985; 1991; 1995.
Sheet 23: Images of Taos Pueblo, graveyard and architecture. May 1991.
Sheet 24: Petroglyph Park, Albuquerque. Juayúa costume. Navajo blanket, plumbate vessel, stone figurine, beaded Arapaho moccasins. Image of a scorpion. Some info and dimensions given. 1983; 1995-6.
Sheet 25: Unlabeled textiles, textile belt, twined basket, saint figurine, quilled hide, wooden sculpture, figural ceramic. Stone sculptures. 1983-5; 1995.
Sheet 26: Reproductions of Kuaua Kiva murals, Petroglyphs at Pecos River, Amur River, and 3 Rivers. Benito Ortega wooden figurine. Hopi Sikyatki revival style vessel, Hopi ceramic canteen. Photos of Siberian shamans, Ecuadorian and El Salvadoran figurines. Some info and dimensions given. 1962; 1966; 1983; 1985; 1990; 1995.
Sheet 27: Olmec rubber balls, ceramic figurine. Unlabeled Florentine Codex, carved greenstone. 1995.
Sheet 28: Venezuela ceramic pipe and bowls, Marajo figural ceramic vessel, Unlabeled Aztec stone sculpture. Mural at Bonampak, painting from Tlacachahuaya. Guerrero ceramic dog head bowl. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1996.
Sheet 29: NE Canada bark basket, Sister Minde Wolfe Cherokee woven basket, Moche ceramic figural vessels. Dimensions given. 1983; 1990.
Sheet 30: Unlabeled textiles, possibly Navajo. June 1995.
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