Stelae, Celts, Vessels, Figurines, Masks, Figurines, 1962-1996
File — Box: 23, Folder: 3
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1962-1996
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: Viejon Stela 1. Stone head and figurine. Rubber ball. Mirror. Illustration of anthropomorphic figurine. Map. Seated figurines. Stone vessel. Ceramic figural vessel. Some info and dimensions given. 1969; 1973; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 2: Standing and seated stone and ceramic figurines. Photos of jaguars and corn. Jadeite snuffer and pectoral. Stone feline figurine and anthropomorphic figures. Unidentified illustrations. 1990; 1994-6.
Sheet 3: Stone vessel. Stone crouching figure, head, face, seated human and feline figurines, stone pendant and leg beads. Ceramic seated and standing figurines, small figural vessel. Dimensions and some info given. 1990.
Sheet 4: Incised jadeite celt. Stone mask. Seated and standing stone figurines. Stone zoomorph, anthropomorphic tool, seated figurine, figural box. Incised ceramic vessels. Shell or stone zoomorphic carving. Mirror. Dimensions and some info given. 1963; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 5: Stone and ceramic seated and standing figurines. Wood head. Ceramic incised vessels. Incised stone tool. Dimensions and some info given. 1990; 1992-3.
Sheet 6: Rubbing of celt. Las Limas figure. Stone vessel. Seated and standing stone and ceramic figurines. Feline head vessel. Incised and engraved celt. 1983; 1986; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 7: Standing and seated stone figurines. Greenstone celt. Ceramic vessel. Dimensions and some info given. 1993.
Sheet 8: Las Bocas ceramics: vessel in form of a mouth, incised and modeled vessels, mortar and pestle, snake vessel, bicephalic figurine, seated figurine with baby, water bird figural vessel or incensario. Teopantecuanitlan obsese figurine, seated figurine. Dimensions and some info given. 1969; 1993.
Sheet 9: Xochipala: quadruped vessel, alabaster vessel. Izapa stone zoomorphic relief. Mirror and small figurine. La Venta altar 5, Stela 2, Monument 1. Dimensions and some info given. 1962; 1964; 1993.
Sheet 10: Chalcatzingo relief and site photo, monument 7 illustration. Laguna de los Cerros Monument 3, sculpture. Tlatilco incised ceramic vessels, reclining figurine, water bird vessel or incensario. Tzintzuntzan reclining figurine. Guerrero jadeite carving. Maya Jaina figurine. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1968-70; 1974; 1985; 1989.
Sheet 11: Cerro de las Mesas carved stone florero vessel. Veracruz ceramic rattles. Seated figurine. los idolos sculpture. Las Limas figurine. Monte Alban zoomorphic figurine. Pecos Panther Cave painting. San Lorenzo Monument 6. Ceramic figurine of man wearing skin. Maya feline figurine. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1969; 1972-3; 1985.
Sheet 2: Standing and seated stone and ceramic figurines. Photos of jaguars and corn. Jadeite snuffer and pectoral. Stone feline figurine and anthropomorphic figures. Unidentified illustrations. 1990; 1994-6.
Sheet 3: Stone vessel. Stone crouching figure, head, face, seated human and feline figurines, stone pendant and leg beads. Ceramic seated and standing figurines, small figural vessel. Dimensions and some info given. 1990.
Sheet 4: Incised jadeite celt. Stone mask. Seated and standing stone figurines. Stone zoomorph, anthropomorphic tool, seated figurine, figural box. Incised ceramic vessels. Shell or stone zoomorphic carving. Mirror. Dimensions and some info given. 1963; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 5: Stone and ceramic seated and standing figurines. Wood head. Ceramic incised vessels. Incised stone tool. Dimensions and some info given. 1990; 1992-3.
Sheet 6: Rubbing of celt. Las Limas figure. Stone vessel. Seated and standing stone and ceramic figurines. Feline head vessel. Incised and engraved celt. 1983; 1986; 1990; 1993.
Sheet 7: Standing and seated stone figurines. Greenstone celt. Ceramic vessel. Dimensions and some info given. 1993.
Sheet 8: Las Bocas ceramics: vessel in form of a mouth, incised and modeled vessels, mortar and pestle, snake vessel, bicephalic figurine, seated figurine with baby, water bird figural vessel or incensario. Teopantecuanitlan obsese figurine, seated figurine. Dimensions and some info given. 1969; 1993.
Sheet 9: Xochipala: quadruped vessel, alabaster vessel. Izapa stone zoomorphic relief. Mirror and small figurine. La Venta altar 5, Stela 2, Monument 1. Dimensions and some info given. 1962; 1964; 1993.
Sheet 10: Chalcatzingo relief and site photo, monument 7 illustration. Laguna de los Cerros Monument 3, sculpture. Tlatilco incised ceramic vessels, reclining figurine, water bird vessel or incensario. Tzintzuntzan reclining figurine. Guerrero jadeite carving. Maya Jaina figurine. Some dimensions and info given. 1963; 1968-70; 1974; 1985; 1989.
Sheet 11: Cerro de las Mesas carved stone florero vessel. Veracruz ceramic rattles. Seated figurine. los idolos sculpture. Las Limas figurine. Monte Alban zoomorphic figurine. Pecos Panther Cave painting. San Lorenzo Monument 6. Ceramic figurine of man wearing skin. Maya feline figurine. Some dimensions and info given. 1965; 1969; 1972-3; 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