Colima, Maya, Teotihuacan, 1963-2001
File — Box: 17, 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.
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
- 1963-2001
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: Bird staff topper. Leather bag with metal adornments and wooden staff with metal adornments. Zoomorphic ceramic figurine. Undated.
Sheet 2: One object date given. One commercial slide: Colima standing dog. Colima vessels: figural, tripod, peyote motif, vases, architectural. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-5; 1971; 1995.
Sheet 3: Polychrome cylinder and tripod vessels. Carved ceramic cylinder vessel, flask. Ceramic human and bat figurines. Greenstone face pendant. Ceramic sello. Figural shell pendant. Stone hacha. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1969; 1971; 1995-7.
Sheet 4: Greenstone masks, figurines. Mosaic greenstone feline. Ceramic figurine head, figurine. Incised ceramic tripod vessel. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1970; 1994-5.
Sheet 5: 7 slides were damaged and discarded. Black and white photos of pueblo, people and buildings. Basketry vessels and trays. Polychrome and redware ceramic vessels. Ceramic figurines. NE native coat. Spiral bracelet. 1981; 1995-6; 2000.
Sheet 6: Maya: polychrome cylinder vessels and plates. Spouted animal vessel. Lidded polychrome vessels. Greenstone pendants. Polychrome tripod vessels. Some info and dimensions given. 1965; 1969-70; 1989; 1995.
Sheet 7: Teotihuacan: greenstone masks, figurines. Stone feline mortar, feline figurine. Ceramic articulated figurine, figurine. Mural, mural illustration. Stone carvings (Aztec). Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1966-9; 1981; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 8: Teotihuacan: greenstone masks, figurines. Murals. Site photos. Metate. Ceramic polychrome vessel. Mosaic mask. Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1969; 1989; 1992; 1996-7.
Sheet 9: Leather bag with metal adornments and wooden staff with metal adornments. Wood and hide drum. Teotihuacan mural. Polychrome Maya bowl. Maya greenstone feline figurine. November 1992.
Sheet 10: NW Coast beaded and painted hide textiles. Native Canadian beaded and tradecloth shirt. Ceramic figurine. Detail of polychrome Maya vessel. August 1997.
Sheet 11: Maya: incised and polychrome ceramic cylinder vessels. Polychrome bowl. Lidded incised vessel. Bicephalic feline figurine. Maya greenstone feline figurine. Ceramic tripod vessel. Ceramic skeletal head. Some info and dimensions given. 1965; 1967; 1969; 1983-4; 1994-6.
Sheet 12: Teotihuacan: site photos. Tripod vessels, some incised and lidded. Thin orange figural vessels. Ceramic incensario. Greenstone figurine. Ceramic host figure. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-4; 1967; 1969; 1985; 1995.
Sheet 13: Teotihuacan: stone masks and figurines (human and feline). Ceramic tripod incised vessel. Murals and mural illustrations. Some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1969; 1981; 1994.
Sheet 14: Teotihuacan: stone masks, metate, murals, site photos, articulated ceramic figurine, figural bird vessel. Maya: jaina figurines, polychrome cylinder vessel. Some dimensions given. 1964; 1966; 1968-9; 1980; 1985; 1989; 1997; 2001.
Sheet 15: Colima: ceramic vessels, incised and modeled, figurines. Xochipala standing figurine. Maya figural shell vessel. Santo Domingo Pueblo ceramic vessels. Some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1970-1; 1990; 1996-7.
Sheet 16: One object date given. Inca tube. Papago and Pima baskets. Paiute water jar. Some dimensions and info given. 1980-1; 1990.
Sheet 17: Xochicalco site photos. Maya polychrome cylinder vessel. Teotihuacan articulated ceramic figurine. Bracelet. Textile. 1964-6; 1971; 1990; 1994; 2001.
Sheet 18: One object date given. Tolita-Tumaco ceramic grater. Zia ceramic vessels. Uxmal site photo. Templo Mayor figural vessel. Kuaua Kiva mural. Some info and dimensions given. 1980; 1990.
Sheet 2: One object date given. One commercial slide: Colima standing dog. Colima vessels: figural, tripod, peyote motif, vases, architectural. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-5; 1971; 1995.
Sheet 3: Polychrome cylinder and tripod vessels. Carved ceramic cylinder vessel, flask. Ceramic human and bat figurines. Greenstone face pendant. Ceramic sello. Figural shell pendant. Stone hacha. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1969; 1971; 1995-7.
Sheet 4: Greenstone masks, figurines. Mosaic greenstone feline. Ceramic figurine head, figurine. Incised ceramic tripod vessel. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1970; 1994-5.
Sheet 5: 7 slides were damaged and discarded. Black and white photos of pueblo, people and buildings. Basketry vessels and trays. Polychrome and redware ceramic vessels. Ceramic figurines. NE native coat. Spiral bracelet. 1981; 1995-6; 2000.
Sheet 6: Maya: polychrome cylinder vessels and plates. Spouted animal vessel. Lidded polychrome vessels. Greenstone pendants. Polychrome tripod vessels. Some info and dimensions given. 1965; 1969-70; 1989; 1995.
Sheet 7: Teotihuacan: greenstone masks, figurines. Stone feline mortar, feline figurine. Ceramic articulated figurine, figurine. Mural, mural illustration. Stone carvings (Aztec). Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1966-9; 1981; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 8: Teotihuacan: greenstone masks, figurines. Murals. Site photos. Metate. Ceramic polychrome vessel. Mosaic mask. Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1969; 1989; 1992; 1996-7.
Sheet 9: Leather bag with metal adornments and wooden staff with metal adornments. Wood and hide drum. Teotihuacan mural. Polychrome Maya bowl. Maya greenstone feline figurine. November 1992.
Sheet 10: NW Coast beaded and painted hide textiles. Native Canadian beaded and tradecloth shirt. Ceramic figurine. Detail of polychrome Maya vessel. August 1997.
Sheet 11: Maya: incised and polychrome ceramic cylinder vessels. Polychrome bowl. Lidded incised vessel. Bicephalic feline figurine. Maya greenstone feline figurine. Ceramic tripod vessel. Ceramic skeletal head. Some info and dimensions given. 1965; 1967; 1969; 1983-4; 1994-6.
Sheet 12: Teotihuacan: site photos. Tripod vessels, some incised and lidded. Thin orange figural vessels. Ceramic incensario. Greenstone figurine. Ceramic host figure. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-4; 1967; 1969; 1985; 1995.
Sheet 13: Teotihuacan: stone masks and figurines (human and feline). Ceramic tripod incised vessel. Murals and mural illustrations. Some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1969; 1981; 1994.
Sheet 14: Teotihuacan: stone masks, metate, murals, site photos, articulated ceramic figurine, figural bird vessel. Maya: jaina figurines, polychrome cylinder vessel. Some dimensions given. 1964; 1966; 1968-9; 1980; 1985; 1989; 1997; 2001.
Sheet 15: Colima: ceramic vessels, incised and modeled, figurines. Xochipala standing figurine. Maya figural shell vessel. Santo Domingo Pueblo ceramic vessels. Some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1970-1; 1990; 1996-7.
Sheet 16: One object date given. Inca tube. Papago and Pima baskets. Paiute water jar. Some dimensions and info given. 1980-1; 1990.
Sheet 17: Xochicalco site photos. Maya polychrome cylinder vessel. Teotihuacan articulated ceramic figurine. Bracelet. Textile. 1964-6; 1971; 1990; 1994; 2001.
Sheet 18: One object date given. Tolita-Tumaco ceramic grater. Zia ceramic vessels. Uxmal site photo. Templo Mayor figural vessel. Kuaua Kiva mural. Some info and dimensions given. 1980; 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