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Vessels, Architectural Forms, Figurines, Diagrams, 1962-1997

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 1-2

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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.

Dates

  • 1962-1997

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: Two slides taped in back. Jalisco painted bowl. Nayarit: ceramic architectural forms, genre scene, tree scenes. Seated and standing figurines: warriors, some chinesco style. Painted bowl. Diagram of shaft tomb. Several slides marked with dimensions. 12/1963, 12/1966, 3/1970, 10/1989, 11/1993, 10/1994, 12/1994, 2/1995, 2/1996, 11/1996.

Sheet 2: One slide has cracked housing. Standing and seated figurines, some chinesco. Stone architectural form. Painted bowl underside. Most slides marked with dimensions. 4/1982, 7/1995, 11/1995, 5/1996, 2/1997, 6/1997.

Sheet 3: Stone architectural form. Seated skeletal figurines. Figurine pair, bird pair. chinesco seated female. Bicephalic quadruped vessel. Several slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 9/1966, 11/1969, 7/1995, 5/1996, 5/1997, 6/1997.

Sheet 4: Seated figurine with ball. Skeletal figurine pair. Genre/ritual scenes. Chupícuaro bowl. West Mexico map. Several slides marked with dimensions. 12/1963, 11/1984, 2/1995, 11/1995, 5/1996, 9/1996.

Sheet 5: One slide taped on top and right side. Two slides taped in back. Chupícuaro standing figurines and pair. Jalisco figurine pair with child. Nayarit seated chinesco figurines, seated figurines and pairs, genre scene. Several slides marked with dimensions. 11/1969, 3/1970, 9/1970, 10/1970, 3/1994, 12/1994, 7/1995.

Sheet 6: One slide taped in back. Seated figurines: one amputee, one with bowl, pair, with spouted vessel in mouth. Architectural forms. A few slides marked with dimensions. 4/1962, 12/1963, 5/1973, 11/1993, 12/1994, 1/1995, 2/1995, 11/1995.

Sheet 7: A few slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. Architectural forms and genre/ritual scenes. 9/1962, 3/1963, 8/1963, 9/1963, 2/1964, 6/1965, 8/1965, 11/1984, 1/1995, 2/1995.

Sheet 8: Architectural forms. Jalisco/Zacatecas figurine pair. Zacatecas club head. A few slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 8/1963, 6/1969, 9/1970, 1/1987, 12/1963, 6/1993, 10/1994, 2/1995.

Sheet 9: Genre and burial scenes. standing warrior figurines. Architectural forms. Seated chinesco pairs, standing chinesco female. Nayarit pair. Seated female. Several slides marked with dimensions. 9/1962, 8/1963, 7/1964, 8/1964, 6/1965, 12/1965, 9/1966, 11/1969, 9/1970, 10/1970, 6/1972, 5/1979.

Sheet 10: One slide taped on bottom and left sides. One slide in professional housing: figurine pair. Shells. Seated figurines: holding baby, holding shell. Chupícuaro painted bowl. Architectural form. Several slides marked with dimensions. 11/1963, 1/1987, 6/1965, 3/1994.

Sheet 11: One slide in professional housing. One slide taped on the left side. Seated, kneeling, and standing chinesco female figurines. Seated and standing figurines: with child, with cup, Zacatecas pipe. Architectural form. Shells. Several slides marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 6/1965, 12/1965, 12/1966, 6/1967, 11/1969, 9/1970, 10/1970, 2/1981, 1/1987.

Sheet 12: One slide taped on bottom and sides. Four slides taped in back. Some dates illegible. Architectural forms. Genre/ritual scenes. Figural anthropomorphic vessels. Seated figurines, some chinesco. Standing double-bodied figurine. Figurines with mushroom-shaped objects. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1963, 8/1964, 8/1970, 9/1970, 3/1971, 5/1971, 5/1973, 11/1984, 1/1987, 10/1989, 10/1990, 6/1993.

Sheet 13: Photos of Ixtlan del Rio. Seated and kneeling figurines, some chinesco. Standing figurine. Seated and standing figural vessels. Architectural form. A few slides marked with dimensions. 5/1963, 8/1964, 9/1966, 10/1966, 6/1993.

Sheet 14: One object date given. One slide taped on top and sides. Two slides taped in back. Seated, kneeling, and standing figurines. chinesco pair. Genre and burial scenes. Dog. Painted bowl underside. Several slides marked with dimensions. 9/1962, 11/1963, 9/1970, 4/1982, 10/1989, 10/1990, 6/1993.

Sheet 15: Standing and seated figurines: with bowl, warriors. Seated figural vessel. A few slides marked with dimensions. 5/1963, 10/1963, 6/1965, 12/1965, 12/1966, 8/1968, 3/1970 3/1970.

Sheet 16: Genre and ritual scenes. Standing and seated female figurines: with bowl, child, dog. Several slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 4/1962, 10/1963, 2/1964, 8/1965, 2/1981.

Sheet 17: Genre and ritual scene. Amapa and chinesco figural vessels. Amapa incised vessel detail. Carved shell danglers. Ixtlan del Rio site photo. Architectural form. Double bodied figurine. Figurine in bed. Most slides marked with dimensions. 11/1963, 9/1966, 8/1967, 9/1970, 5/1971, 10/1985.

Sheet 18: Figural ceramic vessel. Seated figurines. Photos of Jala, Carillo Puerto. Dog figurine. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1965, 9/1966, 10/1985, 7/1989.

Sheet 19: Animal figurine. Figural vessels. Standing and seated female figurines. chinesco painted bowls. Modeled vessels. Spouted and incised vessel. Most slides marked with dimensions. 9/1967, 11/1969, 9/1970, 12/1971.

Sheet 20: Seated and standing figurine pairs: smoking, holding bowls and other objects. Seated figurine. Figural vessels. Animal figurine. Several slides marked with dimensions. 9/1962, 12/1964, 5/1969, 11/1969, 3/1970, 9/1970, 2/1984.

Sheet 21: One slide taped in front. Seated and standing figurine pairs: holding bowls and other objects. Seated figurines holding bowls and other objects. A few slides marked with dimensions. 9/1962, 11/1963, 11/1969, 3/1970, 9/1970, 11/1970.

Sheet 22: Two slides taped in back. Seated figurine pairs: holding bowls and other objects. Seated figurines holding bowls and other objects. Musician figurine group. 9/1962, 5/1963, 11/1964, 12/1966, 5/1969, 3/1970, 10/1970, 2/1984.

Sheet 23: Vessels, turtle vessel. Seated figurines, some chinesco. Zoomorphic figural vessels. Dog figurines. Several slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 12/1965, 1/1966, 11/1969, 9/1970, 3/1971.

Sheet 24: Figural vessel with figurine on top. Spouted figural head vessel. Spouted vessel. Painted bowl. Most slides marked with dimensions. 11/1964, 12/1965, 5/1970, 12/1971.

Sheet 25: Three slides taped in back. Architectural forms. Genre/ritual scenes, elite in sedan chair, dancers. A few slides marked with dimensions. Two slides marked with descriptions. 4/1962, 8/1963, 10/1963, 11/1963, 12/1963, 8/1964, 10/1970, 3/1975, 5/1979.

Sheet 26: Architectural forms. Figurine in bed. Genre/ ritual scenes. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 4/1962, 9/1962, 9/1963, 10/1963, 2/1964, 6/1965, 5/1979, 11/1984.

Sheet 27: One negative: Figurine under mushroom shape. Genre/ritual scenes. Standing Chupícuaro figurine with child. Dog figurine. One slide marked with dimensions. 10/1963, 12/1963, 8/1965.

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
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