Veracruz, Caribbean, Northwest Coast, Mexico, Southwest, Arctic, Canada, South America, 1962-2002
File — Box: 18, Folder: 4-5
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1962-2002
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: Some slides in this series were severely water damaged and discarded. Photos of Teotihuacan: Tetitla murals and other murals. Temple of the Feathered serpent, Palace of the Jaguars, Quetzalpapalotl. Some info given. April 1969; January 2001.
Sheet 2: 2 slides damaged and fragile. Teotihuacan: murals and illustrations of murals. 1962; 1964; 1969; 1971.
Sheet 3: Southwestern ceramic canteens. Pomo baskets. Illustrations of Teotihuacan murals. NW Coast whale textile. Photos of Furst, flowers. Southwestern wooden polychrome figurine. Textiles. Codex in binding. Banana spider. Solar eclipse. Some slides numbered. 1990; 1993; 1995.
Sheet 4: Unlabeled landscape photos. NW Coast wooden rattle. Feathered textile. Metal snake pair. Metal bracelet. 1998; 2000; 2002.
Sheet 5: Maya carved ceramic bowl. Taino semi. NW Coast whale textile. Feline metal finial. Two dimensions given. 1983; 1993-5.
Sheet 6: Tropical bird feathered textile. Textiles. Metal snake pair. Mexican bark paintings. Kachinas. Ceramic figural vessel. Photos of Day of the Dead, people making textile or paper, market. Paper figurine in textile dress. Mimbres Black on white bowl. Photo of Taos mission. Some slides numbered. 1974; 1979-80; 1984; 1986; 1989-90; 1995; 1998; 2000-1.
Sheet 7: One object date given. Veracruz stone sculpture. Zapotal ceramic figurines. Seated male figurine with black paint from Veracruz, figural rabbit vessel, stone hachas. One commercial slide: Veracruz stone yoke. Some slides numbered. Some info additional info and dimensions given. 1971; 1973; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 8: Details and illustrations of polychrome Maya cylinder vessels and plates. Olmec incised celt, incised bowl. Maya carved lidded vessel. Bicephalic NW Coast bird textile. April 2000.
Sheet 9: Photos of the Bandelier Monument, New Mexico. Undated.
Sheet 10: Peruvian metal heads. Metal avian zoomorphic figurine. Photo of Furst. NW Coast textile vest. Stone feline head. Photo of Danza de los voladores. NW Coast wooden mask. 1992-3; 1995.
Sheet 11: Arctic mask. Figurine. NW Coast wooden bird ladle. Panama pedestal plate. Basket. Mexican bark paintings. Stone mask. Huichol yarn painted tripod cylindrical stool or drum. Painted drums and rattles. Some slides numbered. Some dimensions given. 1980; 1995; 1998-9; 2002.
Sheet 12: Veracruz ceramic bat figurine, stone yokes. Photos of Chaco Canyon architecture. Nomads of Central Asia wooden carvings. Athah mask. Arapaho painted and beaded bag. Aleut model canoe with figurines. Ancon woven textile mat. Most dimensions given. 1963; 1979; 1983; 1989-90; 1995.
Sheet 13: MNA reproductions of Bonampak murals. Bonampak stela. Maya polychrome cylinder vessels and detail, anthropomorphic figurine with hole in center. Some dimensions given. 1995
Sheet 14: Photos of petroglyphs in Petroglyph Park, Albuquerque. Monte Alban figural ceramic vessel. Architecture and mission in Pecos, New Mexico, Pecos Panther Cave. One dimension given. 1985; 1996; 2000.
Sheet 15: Chohula murals and reliefs in Puebla. Chohula site diorama. Plains native drawing of Battle of Little Big Horn. Photo of Tehuantepec. Sparse additional info given. 1972.
Sheet 16: Two object dates given. Arctic child or doll clothing, masks, hand masks. Jalisco sheet metal adornment, female figurine grinding corn, foot vessel. Quiahuixtlan tombs. Tlingit wooden ladle, rattle, zoomorphic figurine, Wolf Clan clothing, beaded frog pouch, wooden duck vessel, basket. Photo of Zempoala. Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1967; 1978; 1980-1; 1983; 1986; 2000.
Sheet 17: Photos of Xochitecatl and Cacaxtla site and murals, Teotihuacan. Curtis photo of Kwakiutl Nuhlimkilaka costume, raven or eagle regalia. Maya polychrome bowl with mat symbol. Photo of Silvaritio, related to Mexican bark painter. Photo of Mercado Libertad, Guadalajara. Some objects numbered. Some info given. 1970; 1983; 2001.
Sheet 18: Francisco Garcia Mexican bark painter. Photos of Chalcatzingo, Chavin de Huantar relief, China Lake petroglyphs. Hopi kachinas %. Cupisnique/Chavin figural vessel. Guerrero mask, tripod vessel. Veraguas darien pendant. Mixtec figural vessel. Some objects numbered. Some dimensions and sparse info given. 1970; 1980.
Sheet 19: Two object dates given. Kitwancool and Kitwanga totem poles, British Columbia. Colima figurines and mask. Chavin metal vessel. Viru Valley textile. Huarmey painted mirror. Jaguar clay headband. San ildefonso blackware vessel. Sin agua culture beaded stone and shell necklace. Casas Grandes stone figurine. Some info and dimensions given. 1968; 1970; 1980-1; 1989; 1994; 1998.
Sheet 20: Two object dates given. Photo of architecture. Mask. Ivory shark. Greenstone head. Bark paper cut outs. Photo of market, spider. Aguaruna basketry box. Guanajuato jar. Saltillo textile. Photos of Taos Pueblo, Ixtaccihuatl. Siberian wooden figurine. 3 Rivers New Mexico petroglyphs. Some info and dimensions given. 1974; 1984; 1989; 1994-6; 2001.
Sheet 2: 2 slides damaged and fragile. Teotihuacan: murals and illustrations of murals. 1962; 1964; 1969; 1971.
Sheet 3: Southwestern ceramic canteens. Pomo baskets. Illustrations of Teotihuacan murals. NW Coast whale textile. Photos of Furst, flowers. Southwestern wooden polychrome figurine. Textiles. Codex in binding. Banana spider. Solar eclipse. Some slides numbered. 1990; 1993; 1995.
Sheet 4: Unlabeled landscape photos. NW Coast wooden rattle. Feathered textile. Metal snake pair. Metal bracelet. 1998; 2000; 2002.
Sheet 5: Maya carved ceramic bowl. Taino semi. NW Coast whale textile. Feline metal finial. Two dimensions given. 1983; 1993-5.
Sheet 6: Tropical bird feathered textile. Textiles. Metal snake pair. Mexican bark paintings. Kachinas. Ceramic figural vessel. Photos of Day of the Dead, people making textile or paper, market. Paper figurine in textile dress. Mimbres Black on white bowl. Photo of Taos mission. Some slides numbered. 1974; 1979-80; 1984; 1986; 1989-90; 1995; 1998; 2000-1.
Sheet 7: One object date given. Veracruz stone sculpture. Zapotal ceramic figurines. Seated male figurine with black paint from Veracruz, figural rabbit vessel, stone hachas. One commercial slide: Veracruz stone yoke. Some slides numbered. Some info additional info and dimensions given. 1971; 1973; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 8: Details and illustrations of polychrome Maya cylinder vessels and plates. Olmec incised celt, incised bowl. Maya carved lidded vessel. Bicephalic NW Coast bird textile. April 2000.
Sheet 9: Photos of the Bandelier Monument, New Mexico. Undated.
Sheet 10: Peruvian metal heads. Metal avian zoomorphic figurine. Photo of Furst. NW Coast textile vest. Stone feline head. Photo of Danza de los voladores. NW Coast wooden mask. 1992-3; 1995.
Sheet 11: Arctic mask. Figurine. NW Coast wooden bird ladle. Panama pedestal plate. Basket. Mexican bark paintings. Stone mask. Huichol yarn painted tripod cylindrical stool or drum. Painted drums and rattles. Some slides numbered. Some dimensions given. 1980; 1995; 1998-9; 2002.
Sheet 12: Veracruz ceramic bat figurine, stone yokes. Photos of Chaco Canyon architecture. Nomads of Central Asia wooden carvings. Athah mask. Arapaho painted and beaded bag. Aleut model canoe with figurines. Ancon woven textile mat. Most dimensions given. 1963; 1979; 1983; 1989-90; 1995.
Sheet 13: MNA reproductions of Bonampak murals. Bonampak stela. Maya polychrome cylinder vessels and detail, anthropomorphic figurine with hole in center. Some dimensions given. 1995
Sheet 14: Photos of petroglyphs in Petroglyph Park, Albuquerque. Monte Alban figural ceramic vessel. Architecture and mission in Pecos, New Mexico, Pecos Panther Cave. One dimension given. 1985; 1996; 2000.
Sheet 15: Chohula murals and reliefs in Puebla. Chohula site diorama. Plains native drawing of Battle of Little Big Horn. Photo of Tehuantepec. Sparse additional info given. 1972.
Sheet 16: Two object dates given. Arctic child or doll clothing, masks, hand masks. Jalisco sheet metal adornment, female figurine grinding corn, foot vessel. Quiahuixtlan tombs. Tlingit wooden ladle, rattle, zoomorphic figurine, Wolf Clan clothing, beaded frog pouch, wooden duck vessel, basket. Photo of Zempoala. Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1967; 1978; 1980-1; 1983; 1986; 2000.
Sheet 17: Photos of Xochitecatl and Cacaxtla site and murals, Teotihuacan. Curtis photo of Kwakiutl Nuhlimkilaka costume, raven or eagle regalia. Maya polychrome bowl with mat symbol. Photo of Silvaritio, related to Mexican bark painter. Photo of Mercado Libertad, Guadalajara. Some objects numbered. Some info given. 1970; 1983; 2001.
Sheet 18: Francisco Garcia Mexican bark painter. Photos of Chalcatzingo, Chavin de Huantar relief, China Lake petroglyphs. Hopi kachinas %. Cupisnique/Chavin figural vessel. Guerrero mask, tripod vessel. Veraguas darien pendant. Mixtec figural vessel. Some objects numbered. Some dimensions and sparse info given. 1970; 1980.
Sheet 19: Two object dates given. Kitwancool and Kitwanga totem poles, British Columbia. Colima figurines and mask. Chavin metal vessel. Viru Valley textile. Huarmey painted mirror. Jaguar clay headband. San ildefonso blackware vessel. Sin agua culture beaded stone and shell necklace. Casas Grandes stone figurine. Some info and dimensions given. 1968; 1970; 1980-1; 1989; 1994; 1998.
Sheet 20: Two object dates given. Photo of architecture. Mask. Ivory shark. Greenstone head. Bark paper cut outs. Photo of market, spider. Aguaruna basketry box. Guanajuato jar. Saltillo textile. Photos of Taos Pueblo, Ixtaccihuatl. Siberian wooden figurine. 3 Rivers New Mexico petroglyphs. Some info and dimensions given. 1974; 1984; 1989; 1994-6; 2001.
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