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West Mexico, Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Undated

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.

Dates

  • Undated

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: West Mexican figurines and figural vessels. Undated.

Sheet 2: West Mexican figurines and figural vessels. Olmec stone figurines. Undated.

Sheet 3: West Mexican figurines and figural vessels. Olmec stone figurines. Undated.

Sheet 4: pre-Hispanic architecture with reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 5: pre-Hispanic architecture with reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 6: pre-Hispanic architecture with reliefs. Photos of hairless dog, flora. Undated.

Sheet 7: pre-Hispanic architecture with reliefs. Photos of hairless dog, flora. Undated.

Sheet 8: pre-Hispanic architecture with reliefs. Photos of hairless dog, datura. Undated.

Sheet 9: pre-Hispanic architecture with reliefs. Photos of hairless dog, datura. Undated.

Sheet 10: Olmec stone figurines and masks. Face plaque. Undated.

Sheet 11: Olmec stone figurines and masks. Face plaque. Undated.

Sheet 12: Mesoamerican ceramic figurines: acrobat. Standing. Figural ceramic vessel. Undated.

Sheet 13: Mesoamerican ceramic figurines: acrobat. Standing. Figural ceramic vessel. Undated.

Sheet 14: Maya monkey figurine. Stone feline head, crouching stone sculpture. Photo of box with pottery vessels and shells. Stone sculpture. Aztec figural vessel. Carved stone tray. Ceramic human bird and head pipes. Ceramic hands and arms. Mesoamerican monkey vessel. Undated.

Sheet 15: Maya monkey figurine. Stone feline head, crouching stone sculpture. Photo of box with pottery vessels and shells. Stone sculpture. Aztec figural vessel. Carved stone tray. Ceramic human bird and head pipes. Ceramic hands and arms. Mesoamerican monkey vessel. Undated.

Sheet 16: Huastec sculpture and reliefs. Mesoamerican masks. Undated.

Sheet 17: Huastec sculpture and reliefs. Mesoamerican masks. Undated.

Sheet 18: Photos of beetle. Olmec stone masks, figurines. Stone figurine and incised stone. Stone celt and relief. Ceramic seated figurine. Undated.

Sheet 19: Photos of beetle. Olmec stone masks, figurines. Stone figurine and incised stone. Stone celt and relief. Ceramic seated figurine. Undated.

Sheet 20: Photos of beetle. Adobe architectural form. Photos of Chalchatzingo site and reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 21: Photos of beetle. Adobe architectural form. Photos of Chalchatzingo site and reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 22: Photos of site reliefs, donkeys. Undated.

Sheet 23: Photos of site reliefs, donkeys. Undated.

Sheet 24: Photos of Mexican bark painters painting, their supplies. Undated.

Sheet 25: Photos of Mexican bark painters painting, their supplies. Undated.

Sheet 26: West Mexican ceramic vessels, feline and human figurines, dog figural vessel. Engraved shell. Undated.

Sheet 27: West Mexican ceramic vessels, feline and human figurines, dog figural vessel. Engraved shell. Undated.

Sheet 28: Maya jaina figurines, ceramic mask, vessel, stone reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 29: Maya jaina figurines, ceramic mask, vessel, stone reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 30: Site diorama. Maya ceramic figurines and relief sculpture. Undated.

Sheet 31: Site diorama. Maya ceramic figurines and relief sculpture. Undated.

Sheet 32: Teotihuacan incensario, polychrome figurines. Figural vessels. Mosaic wolf head with face in mouth. Undated.

Sheet 33: Teotihuacan incensario, polychrome figurines. Figural vessels. Mosaic wolf head with face in mouth. Undated.

Sheet 34: Aztec Coatlicue, calendar stone, and other relief sculpture. Ceramic figurines. Market diorama. Undated.

Sheet 35: Aztec Coatlicue, calendar stone, and other relief sculpture. Ceramic figurines. Market diorama. Undated.

Sheet 36: Mesoamerican ceramic figurines: seated, standing, acrobat. Fish figural vessels. Ceramic cylinder bead. Anahuacalli (museum) Undated.

Sheet 37: Mesoamerican ceramic figurines: seated, standing, acrobat. Fish figural vessels. Ceramic cylinder bead. Anahuacalli (museum) Undated.

Sheet 38: Olmec Las Limas figure, colossal heads, feline and human sculptures, mask. Undated.

Sheet 39: Mesoamerican ceramic figurines, architectural form, mosaic feline head. Los Danzantes relief. Undated.

Sheet 40: Mesoamerican ceramic figurines, architectural form, mosaic feline head. Los Danzantes relief. Undated.

Sheet 41: Mesoamerican reliefs and sculptures from Castillo de Teayo, Meson, Los Idolos, and other sites in Veracruz. Undated.

Sheet 42: Mesoamerican reliefs and sculptures from Castillo de Teayo, Meson, Los Idolos, and other sites in Veracruz. Undated.

Sheet 43: Mesoamerican stone reliefs, murals, pedestal bowl, skeletal figural vessel, figurines: standing, feline head, half skeletal face head. West Mexican dog figural vessel. Undated.

Sheet 44: Mesoamerican stone reliefs, murals, pedestal bowl, skeletal figural vessel, figurines: standing, feline head, half skeletal face head. West Mexican dog figural vessel. Undated.

Sheet 45: Olmec colossal head and other sculptures. Mesoamerican ceramic figurines: skeletal, heads, standing, and seated. Undated.

Sheet 46: Olmec colossal head and other sculptures. Mesoamerican ceramic figurines: skeletal, heads, standing, and seated. Undated.

Sheet 47: Mesoamerican ceramic figural vessel, mosaic and metal pendants, sheet metal circular adornment, quartz figurines, stone tripod bowl, mosaic face, figurines, Aztec drum. Undated.

Sheet 48: Mesoamerican ceramic figural vessel, mosaic and metal pendants, sheet metal circular adornment, quartz figurines, stone tripod bowl, mosaic face, figurines, Aztec drum. Undated.

Sheet 49: Illustrations of Teotihuacan murals. Undated.

Sheet 50: Illustrations of Teotihuacan murals. Undated.

Sheet 51: Aztec stone sculpture: relief box, snakes, cylinder, anthropomorphic turtle, figure. Aztec drum, figural monkey vessel. Undated.

Sheet 52: Aztec stone sculpture: relief box, snakes, cylinder, anthropomorphic turtle, figure. Aztec drum, figural monkey vessel. Undated.

Sheet 53: Mesoamerican ceramic figurines. Aztec stone sculptures: architectural forms, feline, torso. Undated.

Sheet 54: Mesoamerican ceramic figurines. Aztec stone sculptures: architectural forms, feline, torso. Undated.

Sheet 55: Illustrations of Teotihuacan mural motifs. Mesoamerican ceramic figurines, snake and crouching figure. Undated.

Sheet 56: Illustrations of Teotihuacan mural motifs. Mesoamerican ceramic figurines, snake and crouching figure. Undated.

Sheet 57: Obsidian mirror. Mesoamerican stone sculpture: snake and figural mortar. West Mexican figurines and figural scene. Undated.

Sheet 58: Amanita muscaria photos. Illustrations of mushroom stones. West Mexican zoomorphic figurine and figural vessel. Undated.

Sheet 59: Photos of Amanita muscaria, cannabis. Maya mushroom stone. Codex illustrations. Datura and peyote motif vessels. Undated.

Sheet 60: Huastec sculpture and reliefs. Olmec heads and celt. Colima ceramic figurine and dog with mask. Tlatilco ceramic figurine. Aztec monkey and costumed human figurine. Teotihuacan figurine and mask. Undated.

Sheet 61: Mesoamerican figurines, masks, molds, figural vessels. Stavenhagen. Undated.

Sheet 62: Illustrations of Peruvian ceramic figural vessels, plants, and cacti. Undated.

Sheet 63: Illustrations of plants and mushrooms. Photo of cannabis. Japanese print. Maya mask or face. Undated.

Sheet 64: Olmec sculptures: colossal heads, Las Limas figure, feline and human sculptures. Undated.

Sheet 65: West Mexican figurines and figural vessels. Undated.

Sheet 66: Mesoamerican figurines, masks, architectural forms. MNA, Cordry, Anahuacalli (museum) Undated.

Sheet 67: Illustrations of Maya relief. Illustrations of motifs. Illustrations of cubensis mushrooms and peyote. Undated.

Sheet 68: Illustrations of hands and man with Bee, Black bee, termite, and wasp on palm and chest. Undated.

Sheet 69: West Mexican figurines and vessel. Mesoamerican figurines, mask, tripod bowl Undated.

Sheet 70: Mesoamerican figurines. Olmec ceramic figurines and figural vessel in shape of a mouth. Undated.

Sheet 71: Mesoamerican figurines. Olmec ceramic figurines and figural vessel in shape of a mouth. Undated.

Sheet 72: Olmec figurines. Cylinder bead. West Mexican figurines and figural vessels. Anahuacalli (museum), Stavenhagen. Undated.

Sheet 73: Mesoamerican masks, celts, figurines, mural fragment. Undated.

Sheet 74: Maya polychrome plates and ceramic figurines. West Mexican figural vessels, peyote motif vessel, figurine. Chacmool. Undated.

Sheet 75: West Mexican figural vessel and figural scene. Darien pendant. Nazca polychrome figural vessel. Undated.

Sheet 76: Maya site architecture and reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 77: West Mexican dog figural vessel. Mesoamerican relief, mask, figurines. Peruvian textile sculpture. Undated.

Sheet 78: Aztec mosaic mask and mosaic bicephalic snake sculpture. Mesoamerican ceramic figurines. Undated.

Sheet 79: Stone vessel. Metal adornments. Beaded necklaces. Incised elongated staff objects. Undated.

Sheet 80: Maya site and relief photos. Undated.

Sheet 81: Mesoamerican masks, figurines, and figural ceramics. Maya polychrome vessel. Emmerich. Undated.

Sheet 82: Mesoamerican masks and figurines. West Mexican figural scene. Beaded necklace. Ceramic painted vessel. Undated.

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
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Albuquerque NM 87131
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