Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, North America, Africa, 1963-2002
File — Box: 18, 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1963-2002
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: Textiles. Mosaic pendant. West Mexican ceramic figurines. Arctic articulated figurine. Maya jade adornments. Nazca figural vessel. Photo of Dee Furst and adobe architecture, lush landscape. Pueblo tablita. Teotihuacan ceramic incensario. Some dimensions given. 1971; 1990; 1993; 1995; 2000-2003.
Sheet 2: Maya jade figurines and beaded necklaces, ear spools. Coca chewing mask. Photos of Bufo marinus. Adobe building. Mask. 1969; 1979; 2002.
Sheet 3: Maya jade figurines, mask, jade inlaid teeth, necklaces, and other adornments. Dimensions and some info given. 1963; 1965; 1990; 1993-6.
Sheet 4: Tlingit rattle. Arctic masks and articulated figurines, figurine, whale vertebrae carved polar bear head, incised object. Haida figurine. Jade carvings and beaded necklace. Maya relief pendant. A few dimensions given. 1971; 1980-2; 2001.
Sheet 5: Maya jade heads, masks, figurines, plaques, necklace, beaded bracelet or ring, ear spool. Incised shell pendant. Kaminaljuyu small jade vessels. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1965; 1967-8; 1990; 1995-6.
Sheet 6: Textile and hide clothing and costumes. Wooden carvings with blue colorant. Jade mosaic face. Painted shield. Wooden figural pendant. Maya jade ear spools, jade relief, illustrations of primary standard sequence, polychrome plate. Some dimensions given. 1971; 1994; 1996-7; 2001-2.
Sheet 7: Mixtec mosaic skull, mosaic mask. Hopi kachina.Casas Grandes figural vessel. Haida inlaid wooden carving. Teotihuacan mosaic feline. Cherokee carved incised object. One slide has dimensions, one slide has info. 1982; 2002.
Sheet 8: Guatemala stone figure. Ecuador ceramic figurine. Gulf Coast stone yoke. Veracruz ceramic feline head. Monte Alban site photo, greenstone pendant and beaded necklace. Colima figurines, figural vessels, peyote motif vessel, whistle, rattle. Dimensions given. 1963; 1969; 1978; 1990; 1995-7; 2002.
Sheet 9: One slide has water damage: Toltec ceramic figurine. Maya jade adornments and reliefs. Arctic masks and articulated figurines. Altai drum. Tlingit rattles, mask. Toltec figural vessels. Huastec stone vessels. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1967; 1972; 1982.
Sheet 10: Costa Rica ceramic vessel, stone celts, carved feline. Zaire Tabua figurine, Songe figurine. Guatemala stone carvings. Inca metal keros, llama mortar. Lower Niger metal figurines. Chalcatzingo site photo and relief. Taíno zemi. Honduras jade face. Dimensions given. 1995-7.
Sheet 11: One slide discolored (pink): portrait of Diego Rivera. Olmec fish carving, carved bone finger, zoomorphic figurine, human figurines, jade knot. Dimensions and some info given. 1981; 1990.
Sheet 12: Fur paw vessel. Kaminaljuyu jade vessels. Colombia textile and painted wood figurine. Palenque pacal's mask. Photo of Codex Vienna folded up. Panuco ceramic figural rattle. Some dimensions and info given. 1968-70. 1993; 1995.
Sheet 2: Maya jade figurines and beaded necklaces, ear spools. Coca chewing mask. Photos of Bufo marinus. Adobe building. Mask. 1969; 1979; 2002.
Sheet 3: Maya jade figurines, mask, jade inlaid teeth, necklaces, and other adornments. Dimensions and some info given. 1963; 1965; 1990; 1993-6.
Sheet 4: Tlingit rattle. Arctic masks and articulated figurines, figurine, whale vertebrae carved polar bear head, incised object. Haida figurine. Jade carvings and beaded necklace. Maya relief pendant. A few dimensions given. 1971; 1980-2; 2001.
Sheet 5: Maya jade heads, masks, figurines, plaques, necklace, beaded bracelet or ring, ear spool. Incised shell pendant. Kaminaljuyu small jade vessels. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1965; 1967-8; 1990; 1995-6.
Sheet 6: Textile and hide clothing and costumes. Wooden carvings with blue colorant. Jade mosaic face. Painted shield. Wooden figural pendant. Maya jade ear spools, jade relief, illustrations of primary standard sequence, polychrome plate. Some dimensions given. 1971; 1994; 1996-7; 2001-2.
Sheet 7: Mixtec mosaic skull, mosaic mask. Hopi kachina.Casas Grandes figural vessel. Haida inlaid wooden carving. Teotihuacan mosaic feline. Cherokee carved incised object. One slide has dimensions, one slide has info. 1982; 2002.
Sheet 8: Guatemala stone figure. Ecuador ceramic figurine. Gulf Coast stone yoke. Veracruz ceramic feline head. Monte Alban site photo, greenstone pendant and beaded necklace. Colima figurines, figural vessels, peyote motif vessel, whistle, rattle. Dimensions given. 1963; 1969; 1978; 1990; 1995-7; 2002.
Sheet 9: One slide has water damage: Toltec ceramic figurine. Maya jade adornments and reliefs. Arctic masks and articulated figurines. Altai drum. Tlingit rattles, mask. Toltec figural vessels. Huastec stone vessels. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1967; 1972; 1982.
Sheet 10: Costa Rica ceramic vessel, stone celts, carved feline. Zaire Tabua figurine, Songe figurine. Guatemala stone carvings. Inca metal keros, llama mortar. Lower Niger metal figurines. Chalcatzingo site photo and relief. Taíno zemi. Honduras jade face. Dimensions given. 1995-7.
Sheet 11: One slide discolored (pink): portrait of Diego Rivera. Olmec fish carving, carved bone finger, zoomorphic figurine, human figurines, jade knot. Dimensions and some info given. 1981; 1990.
Sheet 12: Fur paw vessel. Kaminaljuyu jade vessels. Colombia textile and painted wood figurine. Palenque pacal's mask. Photo of Codex Vienna folded up. Panuco ceramic figural rattle. Some dimensions and info given. 1968-70. 1993; 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