Micmac, Nez Perce, Sioux, Blackfoot, Dakota, Cheyenne, Crow, Arapaho, Jemez, Ute, Flathead, Shoshone, Pawnee, 1974-1993
File — Box: 27, Folder: 2-3
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1974-1993
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: Basket, beaded vest, ledger art details. No info given. Undated.
Sheet 2: Bodmer prints, unlabeled beaded hat, possibly Micmac, Wooden bowl, Unlabeled deer painting. No info given. Undated.
Sheet 3: Buffalo hide painting with war exploits made by Washakie, ribbon work blanket, Nez Perce cornhusk bags, Jemez war shield, Sioux medicine bag, drum. Some info given. 1985; 1989.
Sheet 4: Ledger art showing war exploits and other topics, catlinite pipe. 1993.
Sheet 5: Ledger art showing war exploits and courting. August 1993.
Sheet 6: Prairie style beadwork, Women's hide dresses, beaded and painted, beaded vests, moccasins, and bags. Slides are numbered. Undated.
Sheet 7: Bodmer prints, Sioux quilled cuffs, bags, moccasins, "holy woman's dress"(sun dance dress), warrior shirt and leggings, unlabeled beaded vests, dress, shirt, and moccasins, Woman's elk tooth dress. Some dimensions and info given. Some slides are numbered. 1980; 1983.
Sheet 8: Object dates given for some. Arapaho beaded whistle; Blackfoot Shield and cover, vests, cradleboard, beaded "decoration for buffalo robe", and painted hide shirt, Crow quilled and painted shirt and leggings, Sioux quilled moccasins, Dakota quilled tobacco pouch and painted parfleche. Dimensions and info given. 1981-2.
Sheet 9: Cheyenne beaded moccasins, headdress, leggings, axe, boots, lance sheath, bags, cradleboard, and men's quilled shirt. Some dimensions and info given. Some slides numbered. October 1985.
Sheet 10: Object dates given for some. Crow and Comanche shields, Crow beaded scout pouch, Hudson Bay blanket, and moccasins; Crow, Arapaho, and Cheyenne cradleboards; Arapaho quilled pouch. Some dimensions and info given. Some slides numbered. 1974; 1980-3.
Sheet 11: Plains beaded and quilled way shirts, Sioux catlinite and wood pipes, painted medicine bundle bag parfleche, Sioux shield. Some dimensions and info given. 1980-3.
Sheet 12: Object dates given for some. Arapaho objects, and painted ghost dance dress. Some dimensions and info given. 1982-3.
Sheet 13: Arapaho objects, and painted ghost dance dress, painted and beaded shirts, pipes, painted drum. 1982-3.
Sheet 14: Arapaho rattles, Idaho cradleboard (with toy infant or model infant), Flathead beaded cradleboard, Ute painted drum and cradleboard. Some dimensions and info given. November 1982.
Sheet 15: Canadian plains painted shield, and Canadian woodlands beaded shirt. Kiowa moccasins, Piegan (Blackfoot) beaded saddle blanket, Blackfoot painted teepee, Crow and Blackfoot pipes, Blackfoot ermine headdress and cradleboard, Ute cradleboard, Crow scout pouch, Blackfoot beaded hide dress. Some dimensions and info given. 1981; 1983.
Sheet 16: Kiowa beaded cradleboards, painted shields, elk tooth dress, beaded bag, boots, Kutenai cradleboard, Mandan painted hide, Kiowa miniature painted teepee. Some dimensions and info given. 1980-1.
Sheet 17: Nez Perce corn husk bags, cradleboards, and beaded horse decorations. Pawnee stone and wood pipes. Some dimensions and info given. 1979-82.
Sheet 18: LACMNH Shoshone muslin illustrations of sun dance and war exploits, Shoshone beaded saddle blanket, painted shield. Pawnee stone and wood pipes. Dimensions and info given. 1981-2.
Sheet 19: Unlabeled Plains painted parfleches, corn husk bags (likely Nez Perce). Some dimensions given. 1979-82.
Sheet 2: Bodmer prints, unlabeled beaded hat, possibly Micmac, Wooden bowl, Unlabeled deer painting. No info given. Undated.
Sheet 3: Buffalo hide painting with war exploits made by Washakie, ribbon work blanket, Nez Perce cornhusk bags, Jemez war shield, Sioux medicine bag, drum. Some info given. 1985; 1989.
Sheet 4: Ledger art showing war exploits and other topics, catlinite pipe. 1993.
Sheet 5: Ledger art showing war exploits and courting. August 1993.
Sheet 6: Prairie style beadwork, Women's hide dresses, beaded and painted, beaded vests, moccasins, and bags. Slides are numbered. Undated.
Sheet 7: Bodmer prints, Sioux quilled cuffs, bags, moccasins, "holy woman's dress"(sun dance dress), warrior shirt and leggings, unlabeled beaded vests, dress, shirt, and moccasins, Woman's elk tooth dress. Some dimensions and info given. Some slides are numbered. 1980; 1983.
Sheet 8: Object dates given for some. Arapaho beaded whistle; Blackfoot Shield and cover, vests, cradleboard, beaded "decoration for buffalo robe", and painted hide shirt, Crow quilled and painted shirt and leggings, Sioux quilled moccasins, Dakota quilled tobacco pouch and painted parfleche. Dimensions and info given. 1981-2.
Sheet 9: Cheyenne beaded moccasins, headdress, leggings, axe, boots, lance sheath, bags, cradleboard, and men's quilled shirt. Some dimensions and info given. Some slides numbered. October 1985.
Sheet 10: Object dates given for some. Crow and Comanche shields, Crow beaded scout pouch, Hudson Bay blanket, and moccasins; Crow, Arapaho, and Cheyenne cradleboards; Arapaho quilled pouch. Some dimensions and info given. Some slides numbered. 1974; 1980-3.
Sheet 11: Plains beaded and quilled way shirts, Sioux catlinite and wood pipes, painted medicine bundle bag parfleche, Sioux shield. Some dimensions and info given. 1980-3.
Sheet 12: Object dates given for some. Arapaho objects, and painted ghost dance dress. Some dimensions and info given. 1982-3.
Sheet 13: Arapaho objects, and painted ghost dance dress, painted and beaded shirts, pipes, painted drum. 1982-3.
Sheet 14: Arapaho rattles, Idaho cradleboard (with toy infant or model infant), Flathead beaded cradleboard, Ute painted drum and cradleboard. Some dimensions and info given. November 1982.
Sheet 15: Canadian plains painted shield, and Canadian woodlands beaded shirt. Kiowa moccasins, Piegan (Blackfoot) beaded saddle blanket, Blackfoot painted teepee, Crow and Blackfoot pipes, Blackfoot ermine headdress and cradleboard, Ute cradleboard, Crow scout pouch, Blackfoot beaded hide dress. Some dimensions and info given. 1981; 1983.
Sheet 16: Kiowa beaded cradleboards, painted shields, elk tooth dress, beaded bag, boots, Kutenai cradleboard, Mandan painted hide, Kiowa miniature painted teepee. Some dimensions and info given. 1980-1.
Sheet 17: Nez Perce corn husk bags, cradleboards, and beaded horse decorations. Pawnee stone and wood pipes. Some dimensions and info given. 1979-82.
Sheet 18: LACMNH Shoshone muslin illustrations of sun dance and war exploits, Shoshone beaded saddle blanket, painted shield. Pawnee stone and wood pipes. Dimensions and info given. 1981-2.
Sheet 19: Unlabeled Plains painted parfleches, corn husk bags (likely Nez Perce). Some dimensions given. 1979-82.
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
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