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Cerro Sechín, Cerro Blanco, Moche, Chavin, Cajamarca, Ballestos Island, Cusco, Chan Chan, Huaca del Brujo, Huaca de la Luna, Dos Cabezas, Sipan, Nazca, 2001

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 3-4

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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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

Dates

  • 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: Unlabeled photos of adobe brick archaeological site. Undated.

Sheet 2: One slide damaged. Unlabeled photos of coast, Chan Chan archaeological site. Undated.

Sheet 3: Unlabeled Cerro Sechín archaeological site photos. Undated.

Sheet 4: Unlabeled Moche Cerro Blanco archaeological site. Undated.

Sheet 5: Stone relief, Moche adobe relief reproductions, vulture in tree. Undated.

Sheet 6: Unlabeled adobe brick site. Elite excavation photo. Metal adornment Kuntar Wasi phase. Cusco Sun Temple. Undated.

Sheet 7: Stone reliefs and tenon head. Photo of Chan Chan molded adobe. Metal repoussé adornment. Undated.

Sheet 8: Metal repoussé crowns and ear spools, and other adornments. Stone reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 9: Stone and adobe reliefs. Tenon head. Photos of Chan Chan. Ceramic figural vessel. Undated.

Sheet 10: Metal repoussé crowns and other adornments. Adobe brick archaeological site. Unlabeled church interior. Reed raft builder. October 2000.

Sheet 11: Unlabeled church interior. Moche Huaca de la Luna frieze, ceramic figurines and figural vessel. Chavin incised ceramic vessels. Undated.

Sheet 12: Chan Chan wooden inlaid figurines, molded adobe reliefs and friezes. Undated.

Sheet 13: Unlabeled photos of Chavin style stone reliefs. Undated.

Sheet 14: Unlabeled photos of Chavin style stone reliefs and architecture. Highland Andes landscape photos. Undated.

Sheet 15: Unlabeled photos of Chavin style stone reliefs and architecture. Adobe brick archaeological site. Highlands woman weaving and landscape photos. Undated.

Sheet 16: Photos of rancher with cows and landscape. Undated.

Sheet 17: Photos of rancher with cows and landscape. Huaca de la Luna adobe frieze. Cajamarca stone niche carvings. Incised Chavin vessel. Photos of flora. Woman weaving. October 2000.

Sheet 18: Landscape photos. Cajamarca stone niche carvings. Molded adobe reliefs at Chan Chan. Undated.

Sheet 19: Molded adobe reliefs at Chan Chan and unexcavated mounds. October 2000.

Sheet 20: Paracas Ballestos Island: animals and landscape from boat. October 2000.

Sheet 21: Paracas Ballestos Island: animals and landscape from boat. October 2000.

Sheet 22: Some object dates given. Paracas Ballestos Island: animals and landscape from boat. Cerro Sechín archaeological site photos. October 2000.

Sheet 23: Some object dates given. Inca stonework in Cusco: Coricancha. Museo Inca architecture. Moche ceramic figural vessels. Undated.

Sheet 24: Tschudy Palace Chan Chan. Chan Chan figural ceramic vessels, inlaid wooden figurines, and textile. Chimu wooden figurine. Cajamarca funerary niches and aqueduct. Cajamarca people and town. Some info given. Undated.

Sheet 25: Stone funerary niches. Chavin de Huantar architecture, Tello Obelisk. San Juan de Moros excavation photos. Recuay stone reliefs at Huaras Museum. Some info given. Undated.

Sheet 26: Huaca del Dragon/ Huaca del Arco Iris molded adobe reliefs. Kuntar Wasi stone relief, metal crown, site landscape. Paracas Ballestos Island earthwork. Northern coast San Pedro cactus image. San Pedro cactus needle scarification comb. Some info given. October 2000.

Sheet 27: Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Brujo molded adobe reliefs. Photos of Donnan and Dos Cabezas site. Tomb of Sipan. Nazca figurines, figural vessel, panpipe. Cupisnique and Chimu figural vessels. Undated.

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
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Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451