Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, American Southwest, Colombia, Caribbean, 1965-1998
File — Box: 28, 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1965-1998
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: Cholula murals. Tarascan pipe. Snuff tablets. Several slides marked with dimensions. 8/1970, 6/1972, 6/1995.
Sheet 2: Aztec ceramic pipe. Cholula murals. Photos of cactus. Hohokam quadruped animal figurine. Jalisco figurine scenes. A few slides marked with dimensions. 9/1967, 6/1972, 5/1990, 8/1993, 5/1997, 6/1997.
Sheet 3: Jalisco figurine scenes. Atacama snuff tablet. Colima and Jalisco figurines and figural vessels with bowls and pairs. Photo of datura. Jaguar bladder enema object. Illustration of snuffer ceramic. Tiwanaku snuff tablet. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1965, 7/1983, 9/1984, 11/1984, 8/1989, 1/1993, 12/1994, 7/1995, 4/1996, 5/1996.
Sheet 4: Nazca snuff bamboo incised snuff pipe. Ecuador feline mortar, Olmec celt. Xochipala ceramic pipe. A few slides marked with dimensions. Undated.
Sheet 5: Two slides taped in back. Nazca snuff bamboo incised snuff pipe. Atacama snuff tablets. Taíno zemis. Ecuador feline mortar. A. peregrina photo. Most slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 4/1962, 3/1990, 3/1994.
Sheet 6: Inca snuff tube and llama mortar. Pachacamac wooden snuff mortar. Taíno zemis, ceramic bowls, duho. Nazca snuff bamboo incised snuff pipe. Atacama and Chorrera snuff tablets. Tairona ceramic snuffers. Xochipala figural pipe. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 6/1972, 11/1993, 7/1994, 4/1995, 6/1995, 11/1995.
Sheet 7: Four slides taped in back. Snuff illustrations, snuff tablets. Mitla and Colima ceramic figural pipes. One slide marked with dimensions. 9/1970, 1/1998.
Sheet 8: Three slides taped in back. One slide housed in casing with blue back marked "National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C." Cajamarca lime dipper and container. Taíno vomiting spoon and zemi. Nazca toad snuff container. Atacama snuff tablet. A. peregrina photo. Mitla ceramic pipes. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 5/1972, 10/1993, 11/1993, 1/1998.
Sheet 9: Two slides taped in back. Nayarit and Tairona ceramic snuffers. Taíno zemis and vomiting spoon. Tiwanaku snuff tablet. Nazca snuff bamboo incised snuff pipe. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 3/1990, 3/1994, 7/1994, 12/1997.
Sheet 10: Three slides taped in back. Taíno snuff pounder, snuffer, vomiting spoon, semi table. Olmec jade spoon snuffers. Ceramic shell snuffer. Xochipala and Jalisco ceramic snuffers. Atacama snuff tablets. Olmec head. Cactus photo. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 3/1990, 3/1994, 4/1996, 12/1997, 1/1998.
Sheet 2: Aztec ceramic pipe. Cholula murals. Photos of cactus. Hohokam quadruped animal figurine. Jalisco figurine scenes. A few slides marked with dimensions. 9/1967, 6/1972, 5/1990, 8/1993, 5/1997, 6/1997.
Sheet 3: Jalisco figurine scenes. Atacama snuff tablet. Colima and Jalisco figurines and figural vessels with bowls and pairs. Photo of datura. Jaguar bladder enema object. Illustration of snuffer ceramic. Tiwanaku snuff tablet. A few slides marked with dimensions. 8/1965, 7/1983, 9/1984, 11/1984, 8/1989, 1/1993, 12/1994, 7/1995, 4/1996, 5/1996.
Sheet 4: Nazca snuff bamboo incised snuff pipe. Ecuador feline mortar, Olmec celt. Xochipala ceramic pipe. A few slides marked with dimensions. Undated.
Sheet 5: Two slides taped in back. Nazca snuff bamboo incised snuff pipe. Atacama snuff tablets. Taíno zemis. Ecuador feline mortar. A. peregrina photo. Most slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 4/1962, 3/1990, 3/1994.
Sheet 6: Inca snuff tube and llama mortar. Pachacamac wooden snuff mortar. Taíno zemis, ceramic bowls, duho. Nazca snuff bamboo incised snuff pipe. Atacama and Chorrera snuff tablets. Tairona ceramic snuffers. Xochipala figural pipe. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 6/1972, 11/1993, 7/1994, 4/1995, 6/1995, 11/1995.
Sheet 7: Four slides taped in back. Snuff illustrations, snuff tablets. Mitla and Colima ceramic figural pipes. One slide marked with dimensions. 9/1970, 1/1998.
Sheet 8: Three slides taped in back. One slide housed in casing with blue back marked "National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C." Cajamarca lime dipper and container. Taíno vomiting spoon and zemi. Nazca toad snuff container. Atacama snuff tablet. A. peregrina photo. Mitla ceramic pipes. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 5/1972, 10/1993, 11/1993, 1/1998.
Sheet 9: Two slides taped in back. Nayarit and Tairona ceramic snuffers. Taíno zemis and vomiting spoon. Tiwanaku snuff tablet. Nazca snuff bamboo incised snuff pipe. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 3/1990, 3/1994, 7/1994, 12/1997.
Sheet 10: Three slides taped in back. Taíno snuff pounder, snuffer, vomiting spoon, semi table. Olmec jade spoon snuffers. Ceramic shell snuffer. Xochipala and Jalisco ceramic snuffers. Atacama snuff tablets. Olmec head. Cactus photo. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 3/1990, 3/1994, 4/1996, 12/1997, 1/1998.
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