Tlacolula, Monte Alban, Lambityeco, San José Mogote, Mitla, 1962-1994
File — Box: 20, Folder: 3-4
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1962-1994
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: One slide discolored (pink). Lambityeco: architectural elements. Monte Alban stone relief, mural, ceramic figural vessels. Mitla architecture. Goat in Tlacolula. Ixtepeji house. Mixtec gold bird lip ornament. Zapotec ceramic jaguar. Ceramic seated figurine incised with glyphs. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 8/1963, 10/1963, 6/1966, 9/1974, 8/1990, 7/1992, 8/1994.
Sheet 2: Lambityeco: architectural elements. Yagul architecture. Unlabeled archaeological site. Ceramic Zapotec fire god. Ceramic figurines. 3/1975, 8/1977, 8/1990.
Sheet 3: Monte Alban: Dazantes relief, ceramic figurines and figural vessels. Mitla plaza, architecture. Unlabeled archaeological site, probably Mitla. 3/1965, 6/1965, 6/1977, 8/1977.
Sheet 4: One slide in professional housing: urn representing the god Cocijo. Yucuita and Monte Alban stone reliefs. Ceramic incensario, rubbing of Monte Alban relief, axe money. 8/1964, 4/1968, 6/1976.
Sheet 5: Monte Alban danzantes, and glyphic reliefs. Rubbing of danzantes. Tomb 104 murals. Monte Alban landscape photo and architecture. 1/1962, 4/1968, 9/1974, 9/1976, 7/1977.
Sheet 6: Unlabeled archaeological site. 8/1990.
Sheet 7: Monte Alban: excavation, conquest slab, site plan, architecture. 9/1974, 9/1985, 8/1990.
Sheet 8: Monte Alban: excavation, architecture, glyphic relief. 1/1962, 3/1975.
Sheet 9: Monte Alban: excavation, architecture, glyphic relief, cemetery. Undated.
Sheet 10: Monte Alban: architecture, Monte Negro. 12/1966, 7/1974.
Sheet 11: Monte Alban: architecture, Painted murals. 7/1974, 7/1977.
Sheet 12: Monte Alban: architecture, murals, ceramics in excavation. 9/1974, 9/1976.
Sheet 13: Monte Alban: architecture, murals, ceramics in excavation, danzantes relief. 1/1962, 12/1966.
Sheet 14: Monte Alban: architecture, murals. Mitla stone mosaic architecture. Cuilapa Dominican Monastery. 9/1974, 7/1977, 8/1977.
Sheet 15: Monte Alban: architecture, mural fragment. Mitla stone mosaic architecture. 9/1974, 7/1977.
Sheet 16: Monte Alban: architecture, Danzantes and other reliefs. 7/1974.
Sheet 17: Monte Alban: Danzantes. 9/1974, 7/1977.
Sheet 18: Three slides discolored (pink). Monte Alban: Danzantes. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 11/1970, 9/1974, 7/1977.
Sheet 19: Monte Alban: architecture and landscape photos. 8/1990.
Sheet 20: Monte Alban: architecture and landscape photos, Danzantes and other reliefs. 8/1990.
Sheet 21: Monte Alban: architecture, Danzantes, place glyphs, and other reliefs. 9/1974.
Sheet 22: Monte Alban: Danzantes. 9/1974.
Sheet 23: San José Mogote: architecture and excavation photos. 7/1977, 1979.
Sheet 24: San José Mogote: architecture, red ceramic figural vessel, and excavation photos. Monte Alban: architecture. 9/1974, 7/1979.
Sheet 25: Monte Alban: architecture, mural, danzantes, and other reliefs, stone feline sculpture. Zapotec ceramic feline. Lambityeco stone architectural mosaic. Unlabeled ball court. Unlabeled seated figure. Photo of chapulines. 4/1968, 8/1973, 9/1974, 9/1976, 7/1977, 8/1990, 8/1992, 8/1994.
Sheet 26: Some dates illegible. Monte Alban: excavation photo, architecture, stone glyphic relief. Mitla: stone mosaic, architecture, colonial architecture. San José Mogote architecture. Oaxaca Valley Cemetery, trees. 3/1975, 6/1977, 9/1979, 8/1990.
Sheet 27: San José Mogote architecture, reliefs. 7/1977, 7/1979.
Sheet 28: Mitla mosaic architectural decoration, people. Unlabeled stone reliefs, probably from Monte Alban. 8/1990.
Sheet 2: Lambityeco: architectural elements. Yagul architecture. Unlabeled archaeological site. Ceramic Zapotec fire god. Ceramic figurines. 3/1975, 8/1977, 8/1990.
Sheet 3: Monte Alban: Dazantes relief, ceramic figurines and figural vessels. Mitla plaza, architecture. Unlabeled archaeological site, probably Mitla. 3/1965, 6/1965, 6/1977, 8/1977.
Sheet 4: One slide in professional housing: urn representing the god Cocijo. Yucuita and Monte Alban stone reliefs. Ceramic incensario, rubbing of Monte Alban relief, axe money. 8/1964, 4/1968, 6/1976.
Sheet 5: Monte Alban danzantes, and glyphic reliefs. Rubbing of danzantes. Tomb 104 murals. Monte Alban landscape photo and architecture. 1/1962, 4/1968, 9/1974, 9/1976, 7/1977.
Sheet 6: Unlabeled archaeological site. 8/1990.
Sheet 7: Monte Alban: excavation, conquest slab, site plan, architecture. 9/1974, 9/1985, 8/1990.
Sheet 8: Monte Alban: excavation, architecture, glyphic relief. 1/1962, 3/1975.
Sheet 9: Monte Alban: excavation, architecture, glyphic relief, cemetery. Undated.
Sheet 10: Monte Alban: architecture, Monte Negro. 12/1966, 7/1974.
Sheet 11: Monte Alban: architecture, Painted murals. 7/1974, 7/1977.
Sheet 12: Monte Alban: architecture, murals, ceramics in excavation. 9/1974, 9/1976.
Sheet 13: Monte Alban: architecture, murals, ceramics in excavation, danzantes relief. 1/1962, 12/1966.
Sheet 14: Monte Alban: architecture, murals. Mitla stone mosaic architecture. Cuilapa Dominican Monastery. 9/1974, 7/1977, 8/1977.
Sheet 15: Monte Alban: architecture, mural fragment. Mitla stone mosaic architecture. 9/1974, 7/1977.
Sheet 16: Monte Alban: architecture, Danzantes and other reliefs. 7/1974.
Sheet 17: Monte Alban: Danzantes. 9/1974, 7/1977.
Sheet 18: Three slides discolored (pink). Monte Alban: Danzantes. A few slides marked with titles/descriptions. 11/1970, 9/1974, 7/1977.
Sheet 19: Monte Alban: architecture and landscape photos. 8/1990.
Sheet 20: Monte Alban: architecture and landscape photos, Danzantes and other reliefs. 8/1990.
Sheet 21: Monte Alban: architecture, Danzantes, place glyphs, and other reliefs. 9/1974.
Sheet 22: Monte Alban: Danzantes. 9/1974.
Sheet 23: San José Mogote: architecture and excavation photos. 7/1977, 1979.
Sheet 24: San José Mogote: architecture, red ceramic figural vessel, and excavation photos. Monte Alban: architecture. 9/1974, 7/1979.
Sheet 25: Monte Alban: architecture, mural, danzantes, and other reliefs, stone feline sculpture. Zapotec ceramic feline. Lambityeco stone architectural mosaic. Unlabeled ball court. Unlabeled seated figure. Photo of chapulines. 4/1968, 8/1973, 9/1974, 9/1976, 7/1977, 8/1990, 8/1992, 8/1994.
Sheet 26: Some dates illegible. Monte Alban: excavation photo, architecture, stone glyphic relief. Mitla: stone mosaic, architecture, colonial architecture. San José Mogote architecture. Oaxaca Valley Cemetery, trees. 3/1975, 6/1977, 9/1979, 8/1990.
Sheet 27: San José Mogote architecture, reliefs. 7/1977, 7/1979.
Sheet 28: Mitla mosaic architectural decoration, people. Unlabeled stone reliefs, probably from Monte Alban. 8/1990.
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