Figurines, Celts, Plaques, Masks, 1962-1994
File — Box: 23, Folder: 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.
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: Illustration of ceramic plaque, stone celt. Ceramic incised feline head vessel. Ceramic seated figurines, acrobat figurine, head. Stone head vessel. 1985; 1994.
Sheet 2: Stone sculptures, feline metate, head, relief. Stone celt, figurines. Some info given. 1963-4; 1969.
Sheet 3: Stone sculptures: turtle, zoomorph, saurian head, double faced. Seated ceramic figurines. Relief rubbing. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-4; 1972; 1976.
Sheet 4: Stone sculptures: reliefs, figural anthropomorphic and zoomorphic. Seated ceramic figurine. Stone figural tool. Cerros de las mesas jade model canoe. Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1969; 1973.
Sheet 5: Las Bocas ceramics: Figural vessel with jar on shoulder, vessel, rabbit, seated and standing figurines, water bird vessel or incensario, figurine with arms to head. Stone figurine. Info and dimensions given. 1969-70; 1990.
Sheet 6: Las Bocas ceramic seated baby figurine. Seated stone and ceramic figurines. Dimensions and some info given. 1968-1971.
Sheet 7: Seated stone, ceramic, and jadeite figurines. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967-9.
Sheet 8: Stone figurine holding werebaby. Ceramic crawling baby, seated figurine. Some dimensions given. 1969-70.
Sheet 9: Seated stone, ceramic, and jadeite figurines. Some dimensions given. 1963; 1965; 1969-70; 1981; 1989.
Sheet 10: Some object dates given. Stone figurine holding werebaby (Las Limas figure). Ceramic crawling baby, seated figurines, stone seated sculpture, figurine with arms to head. One photo by Robert Sonin: stone mask. Some dimensions and info given. 1968-70; 1973.
Sheet 11: Some object dates given. Stone Las Limas figure. Las Bocas: rabbit vessel, circular vessel or pipe, acrobat vessel, seated figurine, vessel. Illustrations of incised motifs on Las Limas figurine. Anthropomorphic transformation figurine. Incised pectoral. Celts. Stone anthropomorph. Some info and dimensions given. 1967; 1969; 1990.
Sheet 12: El Tajar seated figurine. Tlapacoya seated figurines, one female with mirror. La Venta seated and standing figurines. Photo of La Venta. Some info and dimensions given. 1962-3; 1967; 1969; 1971.
Sheet 13: Relief cylinder bead. Stone seated anthropomorphic figurine. Illustration of Lapida de Bazan and sculptures. Anthropomorphic mask. Celt. Puebla/Olmec seated figurine. Relief sculpture in Xalapa. Cuanalan seated figurine with arm to mouth. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-5; 1968; 1985; 1989.
Sheet 14: Las Bocas incised vessel. Tlatilco Olmec: were-jaguar face, seated figurine ceramic architectural form, feline head vessel. Guerrero stone figurine. Tabasco photo. Seated stone were-jaguar figurine. Tlapacoya incised polychrome vessel, seated figurines. Michoacán seated stone figurine. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967; 1969; 1990.
Sheet 15: Tabasco stone seated transformation figurine, ceramic architectural form. San Lorenzo monument 9 and illustrations, Monument 20. Morelos ceramic small vessel, ceramic seated figurine. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-4; 1967; 1971; 1985.
Sheet 2: Stone sculptures, feline metate, head, relief. Stone celt, figurines. Some info given. 1963-4; 1969.
Sheet 3: Stone sculptures: turtle, zoomorph, saurian head, double faced. Seated ceramic figurines. Relief rubbing. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-4; 1972; 1976.
Sheet 4: Stone sculptures: reliefs, figural anthropomorphic and zoomorphic. Seated ceramic figurine. Stone figural tool. Cerros de las mesas jade model canoe. Some info and dimensions given. 1964; 1969; 1973.
Sheet 5: Las Bocas ceramics: Figural vessel with jar on shoulder, vessel, rabbit, seated and standing figurines, water bird vessel or incensario, figurine with arms to head. Stone figurine. Info and dimensions given. 1969-70; 1990.
Sheet 6: Las Bocas ceramic seated baby figurine. Seated stone and ceramic figurines. Dimensions and some info given. 1968-1971.
Sheet 7: Seated stone, ceramic, and jadeite figurines. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967-9.
Sheet 8: Stone figurine holding werebaby. Ceramic crawling baby, seated figurine. Some dimensions given. 1969-70.
Sheet 9: Seated stone, ceramic, and jadeite figurines. Some dimensions given. 1963; 1965; 1969-70; 1981; 1989.
Sheet 10: Some object dates given. Stone figurine holding werebaby (Las Limas figure). Ceramic crawling baby, seated figurines, stone seated sculpture, figurine with arms to head. One photo by Robert Sonin: stone mask. Some dimensions and info given. 1968-70; 1973.
Sheet 11: Some object dates given. Stone Las Limas figure. Las Bocas: rabbit vessel, circular vessel or pipe, acrobat vessel, seated figurine, vessel. Illustrations of incised motifs on Las Limas figurine. Anthropomorphic transformation figurine. Incised pectoral. Celts. Stone anthropomorph. Some info and dimensions given. 1967; 1969; 1990.
Sheet 12: El Tajar seated figurine. Tlapacoya seated figurines, one female with mirror. La Venta seated and standing figurines. Photo of La Venta. Some info and dimensions given. 1962-3; 1967; 1969; 1971.
Sheet 13: Relief cylinder bead. Stone seated anthropomorphic figurine. Illustration of Lapida de Bazan and sculptures. Anthropomorphic mask. Celt. Puebla/Olmec seated figurine. Relief sculpture in Xalapa. Cuanalan seated figurine with arm to mouth. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-5; 1968; 1985; 1989.
Sheet 14: Las Bocas incised vessel. Tlatilco Olmec: were-jaguar face, seated figurine ceramic architectural form, feline head vessel. Guerrero stone figurine. Tabasco photo. Seated stone were-jaguar figurine. Tlapacoya incised polychrome vessel, seated figurines. Michoacán seated stone figurine. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967; 1969; 1990.
Sheet 15: Tabasco stone seated transformation figurine, ceramic architectural form. San Lorenzo monument 9 and illustrations, Monument 20. Morelos ceramic small vessel, ceramic seated figurine. Some info and dimensions given. 1963-4; 1967; 1971; 1985.
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