Xochicalco, Uxmal, Zia, Ecuador, Teotihuacan, Veracruz, Africa, Pecos River, Arctic, 1963-2003
File — Box: 17, Folder: 7-8
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1963-2003
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: Akkan ivory figurines. Baule figurines. Fanti neck rest. August 2002.
Sheet 2: Fully beaded moccasins. Mask. Pipe. Illustrations of moon, Maya iconography. 1983.
Sheet 3: Photos of Xochicalco site. 1965-6.
Sheet 4: Photos of Xochicalco site. 1966.
Sheet 5: Veracruz ceramic figurines, stone hachas, greenstone carving. All from FAMLI collection. Undated.
Sheet 6: The Pecos River Style placard. Degraded textile. Coins. Pipe. Beaded pouch. Ceramic jar with cross shaped hole in shoulder. 1983; 1985; 2001.
Sheet 7: Unlabeled illustrations. Photo of peyote. September 1996.
Sheet 8: Veracruz: stone yokes, ceramic figurines, stone hachas. 1990.
Sheet 9: One slide damaged. Photos of Bufo marinus. Undated.
Sheet 10: Nigeria money bracelets. Ashanti figural scene. Yoruba ivory figurine. Dogon wooden figurine. Ashanti comb. 2000-2.
Sheet 11: Bamana, Bambara, and Baule figurines, Baule mask. Congo enema funnel. Bateke chief's neckband. 2001-2.
Sheet 12: Costa Rica stone celts and adornments. Photos of Bandelier site. Some dimensions given. 1984; 2005.
Sheet 13: Beaded necklaces. Hide costumes. Stone knife. Kachinas. Beaded pouches. Photo of datura. Metal scorpion and snake adornments. Some dimensions given. 1970; 1983; 1986; 1997; 2003.
Sheet 14: African money bracelets. Wooden fish and human hybrid figurine pair. Arctic Whale vertebrae carved into polar bear. Codex Nuttall. 1977; 1981; 2001.
Sheet 15: Arctic ivory articulated figurine. Hopewell catlinite pipe. 1983; 2001.
Sheet 16: Teotihuacan ceramic incensario. Stone feline carving, zoomorphic carving, Teotihuacan figurines and mask. Ceramic vessel. Feline costume. Codex page. Stone spoon. Fur paw vessel. 1971; 1982; 1989; 1993.
Sheet 17: Photos of Harpy eagle, jaguar, and Bufo marinus toad. West Mexican figurines. Olmec stone snuffers. Stone mask. Rabbit pipe. Tropical feather headdress. Hopewell catlinite pipe. Atacama snuff tablets. Arctic figurine. 1984; 1994-7; 2002.
Sheet 18: West Mexican figurine. Olmec stone snuffers, figurine, mask. Stone tripod vessel. Mexican bark painting. Bird pipe. Interior of wood mask. Metal knife. 1981; 1989; 1994; 2002-3.
Sheet 19: masks. False face society Iroquois mask. Huichol yarn painting. Textile. Izapa relief carving. Salinar monkey vessel. Hopi kachina. Paracas bamboo snuff tube. Hupa basket. Some info and dimensions given. 1967; 1980-1; 2002.
Sheet 20: Chancay figural vessel. Aztec Xoxotl greenstone figurine. Mali wooden figurine. Jalisco metal beaded necklace. Moche figural ceramics, metal frog. Chimu gold cups, figurines, ear spools, mask. Paracas ear spools. Lambayeque sheet gold animal figure. Some info given. 1964; 1968; 2001.
Sheet 21: Oaxaca beetle. Codex Mendoza. Las Bocas mortar, ceramic vessel in form of mouth. Veracruz figurine with removable head. Taos cloud blower pipes. Some info and dimensions given. 1980; 1985; 1990; 1994.
Sheet 22: Teotihuacan stone figurines and masks. Nazca figural vessels. Chippewa birch bark quilled model kayak. Maya nebaj vessel. Maya jaina figurine. Chalcatzingo relief rubbing. Some info and dimensions given. 1983-3; 1989-94; 1997.
Sheet 23: Colima figurines. Colima/Moche tumi knife. Hemba rattle. Moche figural vessels. Some info and dimensions given. 1965; 1970; 1996-7; 2001.
Sheet 24: Olmec acrobat and other stone figurines, head, rubber ball. Mixtec polychrome tripod vessel, skeleton figural vessel, metal necklace. Xochicalco site reliefs. China metal necklaces. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1965; 1969-70; 1990; 1995-6.
Sheet 25: Chancay necklace and figurine. Tlingit frog clan hat, shaman's mask. Chavin figural vessels, cylinder vessel, atlatl finger hold. Tlatilco figurines and pipe. La Tolita ceramic masks. Manabí stone mortar. Haida wood and argillite figurines. Southwestern beaded necklace. Inca tube. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1969-70; 1980-1; 1993-4.
Sheet 26: Arctic mask, ivory figural pipe. Tuva headdress, hide clothing. Arroyo Pasquero stone incised mask. Guatemala figurine. Kaminaljuyu stone toad. Huichol yarn diamond, antler and fiber chair. Capilla de la Asuncion fountain Villa Milpa. Tula stone relief, painted relief, chacmool, sculptures. Veracruz ceramic toad effigy. Toltec plumbate figural vessel. Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1968; 1970; 1980; 1983; 1995; 2003.
Sheet 27: Cherokee incised stone object, wooden mask. Morelos ceramic figurine. Taino stone spheres. Codex pages. Anonymous casta painting. Gulf Coast stone yoke. Some info given. 1967; 1983; 1986; 1996; 2002.
Sheet 28: Codex pages. San Jose de Mogote Jade figurines. Photos of ancient European site. Metal adornment, probably Mexican. 1977.
Sheet 29: Pages of codex Selden and Bodley. Info given. 1985.
Sheet 30: Some object dates given. San Jose de Mogote Jade figurine, mortars, jade carving. Altai drum. Illustration of Siberian female shaman gown. Bali shaman's brazier. Buryat clothing. Shook panel Guatemala. Ceramic figurines. Monte Alban seated ceramic figurine. Tarascan ceramic tripod incense burner. Some info and dimensions given. 1989; 2003; 2005.
Sheet 2: Fully beaded moccasins. Mask. Pipe. Illustrations of moon, Maya iconography. 1983.
Sheet 3: Photos of Xochicalco site. 1965-6.
Sheet 4: Photos of Xochicalco site. 1966.
Sheet 5: Veracruz ceramic figurines, stone hachas, greenstone carving. All from FAMLI collection. Undated.
Sheet 6: The Pecos River Style placard. Degraded textile. Coins. Pipe. Beaded pouch. Ceramic jar with cross shaped hole in shoulder. 1983; 1985; 2001.
Sheet 7: Unlabeled illustrations. Photo of peyote. September 1996.
Sheet 8: Veracruz: stone yokes, ceramic figurines, stone hachas. 1990.
Sheet 9: One slide damaged. Photos of Bufo marinus. Undated.
Sheet 10: Nigeria money bracelets. Ashanti figural scene. Yoruba ivory figurine. Dogon wooden figurine. Ashanti comb. 2000-2.
Sheet 11: Bamana, Bambara, and Baule figurines, Baule mask. Congo enema funnel. Bateke chief's neckband. 2001-2.
Sheet 12: Costa Rica stone celts and adornments. Photos of Bandelier site. Some dimensions given. 1984; 2005.
Sheet 13: Beaded necklaces. Hide costumes. Stone knife. Kachinas. Beaded pouches. Photo of datura. Metal scorpion and snake adornments. Some dimensions given. 1970; 1983; 1986; 1997; 2003.
Sheet 14: African money bracelets. Wooden fish and human hybrid figurine pair. Arctic Whale vertebrae carved into polar bear. Codex Nuttall. 1977; 1981; 2001.
Sheet 15: Arctic ivory articulated figurine. Hopewell catlinite pipe. 1983; 2001.
Sheet 16: Teotihuacan ceramic incensario. Stone feline carving, zoomorphic carving, Teotihuacan figurines and mask. Ceramic vessel. Feline costume. Codex page. Stone spoon. Fur paw vessel. 1971; 1982; 1989; 1993.
Sheet 17: Photos of Harpy eagle, jaguar, and Bufo marinus toad. West Mexican figurines. Olmec stone snuffers. Stone mask. Rabbit pipe. Tropical feather headdress. Hopewell catlinite pipe. Atacama snuff tablets. Arctic figurine. 1984; 1994-7; 2002.
Sheet 18: West Mexican figurine. Olmec stone snuffers, figurine, mask. Stone tripod vessel. Mexican bark painting. Bird pipe. Interior of wood mask. Metal knife. 1981; 1989; 1994; 2002-3.
Sheet 19: masks. False face society Iroquois mask. Huichol yarn painting. Textile. Izapa relief carving. Salinar monkey vessel. Hopi kachina. Paracas bamboo snuff tube. Hupa basket. Some info and dimensions given. 1967; 1980-1; 2002.
Sheet 20: Chancay figural vessel. Aztec Xoxotl greenstone figurine. Mali wooden figurine. Jalisco metal beaded necklace. Moche figural ceramics, metal frog. Chimu gold cups, figurines, ear spools, mask. Paracas ear spools. Lambayeque sheet gold animal figure. Some info given. 1964; 1968; 2001.
Sheet 21: Oaxaca beetle. Codex Mendoza. Las Bocas mortar, ceramic vessel in form of mouth. Veracruz figurine with removable head. Taos cloud blower pipes. Some info and dimensions given. 1980; 1985; 1990; 1994.
Sheet 22: Teotihuacan stone figurines and masks. Nazca figural vessels. Chippewa birch bark quilled model kayak. Maya nebaj vessel. Maya jaina figurine. Chalcatzingo relief rubbing. Some info and dimensions given. 1983-3; 1989-94; 1997.
Sheet 23: Colima figurines. Colima/Moche tumi knife. Hemba rattle. Moche figural vessels. Some info and dimensions given. 1965; 1970; 1996-7; 2001.
Sheet 24: Olmec acrobat and other stone figurines, head, rubber ball. Mixtec polychrome tripod vessel, skeleton figural vessel, metal necklace. Xochicalco site reliefs. China metal necklaces. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1965; 1969-70; 1990; 1995-6.
Sheet 25: Chancay necklace and figurine. Tlingit frog clan hat, shaman's mask. Chavin figural vessels, cylinder vessel, atlatl finger hold. Tlatilco figurines and pipe. La Tolita ceramic masks. Manabí stone mortar. Haida wood and argillite figurines. Southwestern beaded necklace. Inca tube. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1969-70; 1980-1; 1993-4.
Sheet 26: Arctic mask, ivory figural pipe. Tuva headdress, hide clothing. Arroyo Pasquero stone incised mask. Guatemala figurine. Kaminaljuyu stone toad. Huichol yarn diamond, antler and fiber chair. Capilla de la Asuncion fountain Villa Milpa. Tula stone relief, painted relief, chacmool, sculptures. Veracruz ceramic toad effigy. Toltec plumbate figural vessel. Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1968; 1970; 1980; 1983; 1995; 2003.
Sheet 27: Cherokee incised stone object, wooden mask. Morelos ceramic figurine. Taino stone spheres. Codex pages. Anonymous casta painting. Gulf Coast stone yoke. Some info given. 1967; 1983; 1986; 1996; 2002.
Sheet 28: Codex pages. San Jose de Mogote Jade figurines. Photos of ancient European site. Metal adornment, probably Mexican. 1977.
Sheet 29: Pages of codex Selden and Bodley. Info given. 1985.
Sheet 30: Some object dates given. San Jose de Mogote Jade figurine, mortars, jade carving. Altai drum. Illustration of Siberian female shaman gown. Bali shaman's brazier. Buryat clothing. Shook panel Guatemala. Ceramic figurines. Monte Alban seated ceramic figurine. Tarascan ceramic tripod incense burner. Some info and dimensions given. 1989; 2003; 2005.
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