Africa, Mexico, North America, Peru, 1967-2001
File — Box: 21, Folder: 6
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1967-2001
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: Metal and wood bracelets. Cast metal genre scene. March 2001.
Sheet 2: African Kuba textiles, figural sculptures, bracelets. 1996; 2001.
Sheet 3: Martinez family blackware vessel. SW wooden polychrome figurines. African bracelets. Huichol yarn art deer. One commercial slide: Olmec figurine. Olmec mask. Arctic native figurine. Mimbres bowl. Some info. 1968; 1971; 1985; 1996; 2001.
Sheet 4: Olmec stone snuffers. Iroquois turtle rattle. Arctic articulated ivory figurine. Quilled boxes. Figurine. Wooden pipe. 1982; 1994; 1997; 2001.
Sheet 5: Plains painted shield. Basket. Stone figurine Hohokam. Beaded baby carrier. Human head and avian pipes. Beaded men's vest, plateau or plains. Plains winter count image. 1980.
Sheet 6: Some object dates given. Kuba head. Mendi Village figurines. Makonde metal head, chief's stool. Papuan Gulf figurine. Ibo pottery shrine. Yoruba hat. Osage wooden cradle. Abo wachi club. Info and some dimensions given. 1995-6.
Sheet 7: Mexican skeleton costume. Xochipala incised shell gorget. Mixtec Tomb 7 polychrome vessel. Olmec ceramic figurines, stone masks and heads, stone snuffers, stone figural mortars, mirror. Info and some dimensions given. 1967; 1990; 1996.
Sheet 8: Some object dates given. Sioux catlinite pipe, winter count illustration, shield, painted tipi, quilled medallion, spoon. Navajo sand paintings. Hopi kachinas, kachina mask. Hohokam red on buff bowl, stone figurine. Pima trays. Zuni jar. Info and some dimensions given. 1980-1; 1995; 1997.
Sheet 9: One object date given. Mezcala stone masks and architectural form. Taino stone semis. Moche figural ceramic vessels. Pueblo tableta. Maya figural bowl. Dimensions given. 1969; 1990.
Sheet 10: Teotihuacan greenstone figurine. Izapa finial and stone face. Guatemala mushroom stone. Crazy Horses' shield. Altai drum. Chavin figural ceramic vessel. Los Bocas figural spouted vessel. Veraguas Darien pendant. Some dimensions and info given. 1969; 1989; 1995-7.
Sheet 11: Wari wooden mask. Inca colonial figural vessel. Chancay quadruped figurine. Moche and Viru figural vessels. Woman weaving in Patzun Guatemala. Dogon primordial couple sculpture. Senufo figurine. Chimu metal mask, metal kero, ceramic 7 compartment vessel. Illustration from Codex Osuna. Some dimensions and info given. 1995-6; 2002.
Sheet 12: One object date given. Howling Wolf drawings. Photo of datura, raccoons. Arizona flint points. Martinez vessels. Colima dog vessel with mask. Gunantuna mask. Inca llama mortar. Some dimensions and info given. 1980; 1986; 1990.
Sheet 13: Some object dates given. Arctic masks, figurines. Chumash painted cave. Greenstone mask. Figurine. Photo of dog. 1980; 1990; 1995; 1997.
Sheet 2: African Kuba textiles, figural sculptures, bracelets. 1996; 2001.
Sheet 3: Martinez family blackware vessel. SW wooden polychrome figurines. African bracelets. Huichol yarn art deer. One commercial slide: Olmec figurine. Olmec mask. Arctic native figurine. Mimbres bowl. Some info. 1968; 1971; 1985; 1996; 2001.
Sheet 4: Olmec stone snuffers. Iroquois turtle rattle. Arctic articulated ivory figurine. Quilled boxes. Figurine. Wooden pipe. 1982; 1994; 1997; 2001.
Sheet 5: Plains painted shield. Basket. Stone figurine Hohokam. Beaded baby carrier. Human head and avian pipes. Beaded men's vest, plateau or plains. Plains winter count image. 1980.
Sheet 6: Some object dates given. Kuba head. Mendi Village figurines. Makonde metal head, chief's stool. Papuan Gulf figurine. Ibo pottery shrine. Yoruba hat. Osage wooden cradle. Abo wachi club. Info and some dimensions given. 1995-6.
Sheet 7: Mexican skeleton costume. Xochipala incised shell gorget. Mixtec Tomb 7 polychrome vessel. Olmec ceramic figurines, stone masks and heads, stone snuffers, stone figural mortars, mirror. Info and some dimensions given. 1967; 1990; 1996.
Sheet 8: Some object dates given. Sioux catlinite pipe, winter count illustration, shield, painted tipi, quilled medallion, spoon. Navajo sand paintings. Hopi kachinas, kachina mask. Hohokam red on buff bowl, stone figurine. Pima trays. Zuni jar. Info and some dimensions given. 1980-1; 1995; 1997.
Sheet 9: One object date given. Mezcala stone masks and architectural form. Taino stone semis. Moche figural ceramic vessels. Pueblo tableta. Maya figural bowl. Dimensions given. 1969; 1990.
Sheet 10: Teotihuacan greenstone figurine. Izapa finial and stone face. Guatemala mushroom stone. Crazy Horses' shield. Altai drum. Chavin figural ceramic vessel. Los Bocas figural spouted vessel. Veraguas Darien pendant. Some dimensions and info given. 1969; 1989; 1995-7.
Sheet 11: Wari wooden mask. Inca colonial figural vessel. Chancay quadruped figurine. Moche and Viru figural vessels. Woman weaving in Patzun Guatemala. Dogon primordial couple sculpture. Senufo figurine. Chimu metal mask, metal kero, ceramic 7 compartment vessel. Illustration from Codex Osuna. Some dimensions and info given. 1995-6; 2002.
Sheet 12: One object date given. Howling Wolf drawings. Photo of datura, raccoons. Arizona flint points. Martinez vessels. Colima dog vessel with mask. Gunantuna mask. Inca llama mortar. Some dimensions and info given. 1980; 1986; 1990.
Sheet 13: Some object dates given. Arctic masks, figurines. Chumash painted cave. Greenstone mask. Figurine. Photo of dog. 1980; 1990; 1995; 1997.
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