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Paracas, Sacsayhuamán, Moche, Chavin, Cusco, Recuay, Machu Picchu, Quenko, Churches, Cajamarca, Lord of Sipan Tomb, 1963-2000

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 8-9

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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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

  • 1963-2000

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: Paracas, Ballestos Island and photos of the coast. October 2000.

Sheet 2: Unlabeled photos of Inca site and stonework. Seven compartment ceramic vessel. October 2000.

Sheet 3: Cerro Sechín stone reliefs, Chan Chan adobe reliefs, Cajamarca funerary niches, Ballestos Island. Paracas and Nazca textiles, Nazca figural polychrome ceramic vessel. Inca stonework and church in Cusco. October 2000.

Sheet 4: Photos of full moon and Peruvian coast. Aryballos, figural polychrome ceramic vessel. Inca stonework. 2000.

Sheet 5: Sacsayhuamán stonework. Llamas and landscape photos. Andean stone relief. October 2000.

Sheet 6: Sacsayhuamán stonework. October 2000.

Sheet 7: Sacsayhuamán stonework, Andean woman weaving. October 2000.

Sheet 8: All of a Moche stirrup spout vessel showing amputation, details and alternate angles. July 2000.

Sheet 9: Chavin polychrome and incised figural ceramic vessels, ceramic incised mirror handle, stone tenon head. Images of peyote cactus. Some dimensions given. 1967; 1970; 1993; 1995.

Sheet 10: Inca stonework on Hostel Loreto in Cusco and other buildings and people in Cusco. Figural ceramic vessels: Lambayeque and others. Ica-Chincha feathered textile, and other textile. Recuay stone figure: Huaraz Museum. Some dimensions given. 1971; 1989; 1995; 2000.

Sheet 11: Photos of Machu Picchu and San Pedro cactus. Figural ceramic vessel, stone tenon head. Andean beating comb. Some dimensions given. 1963; 1993; 1996; 1999; 2000.

Sheet 12: Photos of Quenko. October 2000.

Sheet 13: Photos of Quenko. October 2000.

Sheet 14: Inca stonework. Polychrome ceramic vessels and plate. Church façade. Andean landscape photos. October 2000.

Sheet 15: Andean church, city, and landscape photos. October 2000.

Sheet 16: Table with offerings. San Cristobal Church façade and other church facade. Photos of city from lookout point. Seven compartment ceramic vessel. October 2000.

Sheet 17: Cajamarca funerary niches. Silver llama and human figurines. Photos of Iglesia Belén, and Cajamarca. October 2000.

Sheet 18: Photos of Iglesia Belén: interior and exterior. Undated.

Sheet 19: Photos of Iglesia Belén. Raimondi Stela. Modern suspension bridge. Figural ceramic vessels. Undated.

Sheet 20: Figural ceramic vessels. Huichol yarn painting. Tello obelisk. Unknown church façade. October 2000.

Sheet 21: Unknown archaeological site. Figural ceramic vessels. Peruvian people. Huichol yarn paintings. October 2000.

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