Stone Sculpture and Reliefs, Plaques, Masks, Beads, Figurines, Celts, 1963-2002
File — Box: 23, 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.
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
- 1963-2002
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: Slides seem to be organized by a number/letter system. Stone head, standing and seated figurines, stone canoe vessel. Ceramic incised bowls, jar. Quatrefoil mouth relief. 1967-71; 1975; 1977.
Sheet 2: Stone sculptures, Cerros de las Mesas stela 4, Laguna de los Cerros Monument 1, Monument 19. Los Idolos feline and human sculptures. Cuenca de Papaloapan zoomorphic figurine. Six INAH commercial slides. Info and some dimensions given. 1963-4; 1968; 1973.
Sheet 3: Stone trays and mirrors. Viejon stela 1. Medios Aguas stone head. Standing and seated stone and ceramic figurines. Ceramic vessel. Jadeite spoons or snuffers. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967; 1972-3; 1981.
Sheet 4: Stone figurine, jadeite plaque, stone figurine, jadeite knot, jadeite canoes, quartz pendant. Viejon Stela 1. Carved bone finger. Some info and dimensions given. 1970; 1973; 1995.
Sheet 5: Stone beads, pendants, snuff tray, figurine, celt. Shell pendant. Some info and dimensions given. 1967; 1969; 1976; 2002.
Sheet 6: Stone beads, incised jadeite pectorals. Olmec fish pair. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967.
Sheet 7: Los Idolos sculptures. Cerro de las Mesas head, Soteapan relief. Stone figurine. Veracruz jade plaque with face, ceramic cylindrical bead. Cerro de las Mesas fish carving. Chalcatzingo stone mouth relief. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967; 1969; 1973.
Sheet 8: Stone mortar, head. Jadeite pendants. La Venta jadeite figurines and celts. Figurines. Spoon. Broken stone. Chiapas morphed skull. Jalisco ceramic figurines. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967-8; 1975; 1995; 1998.
Sheet 9: Standing and seated figurines. Laguna de los Cerros Monument 1. San Lorenzo stone sculpture and colossal head. Jadeite incised pendant. Stone relief. Some info given. 1963; 1967-75; 1990.
Sheet 10: Tlatilco stone beads, ceramic mask, reclining figurine, grave diorama. Los Soldados Monument 1, Cuauhtotolapan sculpture. Anthropomorphic seated figurine. Zacatlan greenstone figurine. Las Bocas seated figurine. Commercial slide: Miniature basalt yolk. Info and some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1967-70; 1973.
Sheet 11: Guerrero Olmec(?) stone chain, jadeite celt. Gulf Coast engraved jadeite plaques, seated ceramic figurine. Utica figurine. Ceramic figurine pair. Some info given. 1963; 1967; 1971.
Sheet 2: Stone sculptures, Cerros de las Mesas stela 4, Laguna de los Cerros Monument 1, Monument 19. Los Idolos feline and human sculptures. Cuenca de Papaloapan zoomorphic figurine. Six INAH commercial slides. Info and some dimensions given. 1963-4; 1968; 1973.
Sheet 3: Stone trays and mirrors. Viejon stela 1. Medios Aguas stone head. Standing and seated stone and ceramic figurines. Ceramic vessel. Jadeite spoons or snuffers. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967; 1972-3; 1981.
Sheet 4: Stone figurine, jadeite plaque, stone figurine, jadeite knot, jadeite canoes, quartz pendant. Viejon Stela 1. Carved bone finger. Some info and dimensions given. 1970; 1973; 1995.
Sheet 5: Stone beads, pendants, snuff tray, figurine, celt. Shell pendant. Some info and dimensions given. 1967; 1969; 1976; 2002.
Sheet 6: Stone beads, incised jadeite pectorals. Olmec fish pair. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967.
Sheet 7: Los Idolos sculptures. Cerro de las Mesas head, Soteapan relief. Stone figurine. Veracruz jade plaque with face, ceramic cylindrical bead. Cerro de las Mesas fish carving. Chalcatzingo stone mouth relief. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967; 1969; 1973.
Sheet 8: Stone mortar, head. Jadeite pendants. La Venta jadeite figurines and celts. Figurines. Spoon. Broken stone. Chiapas morphed skull. Jalisco ceramic figurines. Some info and dimensions given. 1963; 1967-8; 1975; 1995; 1998.
Sheet 9: Standing and seated figurines. Laguna de los Cerros Monument 1. San Lorenzo stone sculpture and colossal head. Jadeite incised pendant. Stone relief. Some info given. 1963; 1967-75; 1990.
Sheet 10: Tlatilco stone beads, ceramic mask, reclining figurine, grave diorama. Los Soldados Monument 1, Cuauhtotolapan sculpture. Anthropomorphic seated figurine. Zacatlan greenstone figurine. Las Bocas seated figurine. Commercial slide: Miniature basalt yolk. Info and some dimensions given. 1964-5; 1967-70; 1973.
Sheet 11: Guerrero Olmec(?) stone chain, jadeite celt. Gulf Coast engraved jadeite plaques, seated ceramic figurine. Utica figurine. Ceramic figurine pair. Some info given. 1963; 1967; 1971.
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