Navajo, Kayenta, Sioux, Taos, Kuaua, Tiwanaku, Maya, Zuni, 1962-2000
File — Box: 28, Folder: 7
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1962-2000
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: Navajo silverwork. Southwest mission. Undated.
Sheet 2: Navajo silverwork. Navajo blankets. Navajo sand painting. Wooden figurines. Some info and dimensions given. 1980-1; 1985; 1996.
Sheet 3: Kayenta black on white jar. Santo Nino Chapel exterior. Saint sculptures. Navajo weavings. Jet and other stone fetishes. Some dimensions given. 1980; 1996.
Sheet 4: Photos of Bandelier Monument. September 1984.
Sheet 5: An extra, small strip of film in this sheet of beaded Sioux hide dress. One object date given. Navajo silverwork belts and bridle. Navajo sand painting. Wooden figurine, masks. Kachina figurines. Gourd rattles. Photo of deer. 1980; 1986; 1989; 2000.
Sheet 6: Some object dates given. Navajo: silver tobacco box, squash blossom necklace, bridle, turquoise and silver jewelry. Woven textiles. Photo of Navajo warrior Many Arrows by A. C. Vroman and Whitehair. Baskets. Stone fetishes. Sand painting. Velvet and silverwork shirt. Some info and dimensions given. 1980-2; 1997.
Sheet 7: Some object dates given. Navajo woven blankets: first phase chief's blanket, other chief's blankets, child's blanket, eye dazzlers. 1971; 1973; 1976.
Sheet 8: Some object dates given. Navajo woven blankets: Two grey hills, chief's blankets. Dimensions given. 1971; 1973-5; 1978.
Sheet 9: Some object dates given. Navajo woven blankets: eye dazzlers, serapes, terraced, Hubbell Moqui, wedge weave, banded. Kachina figurine. Most dimensions given. 1973-4; 1976; 1978.
Sheet 10: Some object dates given. Kuaua Kiva exterior and mural reproductions. Sioux beaded bags and beaded hide dress. Photos of Taos Pueblo. Info and some dimensions given. Undated.
Sheet 11: Some object dates given. Two discolored slides (pink): Navajo sand paintings: Male shooting chant and The Night Way Chant. Lehner site and Naco mammoth photos. Zuni fetish made from bighorn sheep vertebrae. Acoma black on white three compartment vessel. Black on white jar. Red on cream bowl. Info and some dimensions given. 1962; 1980; 1995.
Sheet 12: Bandelier Monument photos. Tiwanaku basket. Maya ceramic vase imagery. Some dimensions given. 1984; 1995.
Sheet 13: Photos of Canyon de Chelly and Casa Grande site, Hohokam. Some info given. 1962; 1995.
Sheet 14: Navajo weavings: two grey hills, chief's blankets, and others. Purple dress with silverwork. Red shirt and leggings. Black on white vessel from Reserve, NM. Bolivia weaving. Photo of Oaxaca pomegranate. Some info given. 1992; 1996.
Sheet 2: Navajo silverwork. Navajo blankets. Navajo sand painting. Wooden figurines. Some info and dimensions given. 1980-1; 1985; 1996.
Sheet 3: Kayenta black on white jar. Santo Nino Chapel exterior. Saint sculptures. Navajo weavings. Jet and other stone fetishes. Some dimensions given. 1980; 1996.
Sheet 4: Photos of Bandelier Monument. September 1984.
Sheet 5: An extra, small strip of film in this sheet of beaded Sioux hide dress. One object date given. Navajo silverwork belts and bridle. Navajo sand painting. Wooden figurine, masks. Kachina figurines. Gourd rattles. Photo of deer. 1980; 1986; 1989; 2000.
Sheet 6: Some object dates given. Navajo: silver tobacco box, squash blossom necklace, bridle, turquoise and silver jewelry. Woven textiles. Photo of Navajo warrior Many Arrows by A. C. Vroman and Whitehair. Baskets. Stone fetishes. Sand painting. Velvet and silverwork shirt. Some info and dimensions given. 1980-2; 1997.
Sheet 7: Some object dates given. Navajo woven blankets: first phase chief's blanket, other chief's blankets, child's blanket, eye dazzlers. 1971; 1973; 1976.
Sheet 8: Some object dates given. Navajo woven blankets: Two grey hills, chief's blankets. Dimensions given. 1971; 1973-5; 1978.
Sheet 9: Some object dates given. Navajo woven blankets: eye dazzlers, serapes, terraced, Hubbell Moqui, wedge weave, banded. Kachina figurine. Most dimensions given. 1973-4; 1976; 1978.
Sheet 10: Some object dates given. Kuaua Kiva exterior and mural reproductions. Sioux beaded bags and beaded hide dress. Photos of Taos Pueblo. Info and some dimensions given. Undated.
Sheet 11: Some object dates given. Two discolored slides (pink): Navajo sand paintings: Male shooting chant and The Night Way Chant. Lehner site and Naco mammoth photos. Zuni fetish made from bighorn sheep vertebrae. Acoma black on white three compartment vessel. Black on white jar. Red on cream bowl. Info and some dimensions given. 1962; 1980; 1995.
Sheet 12: Bandelier Monument photos. Tiwanaku basket. Maya ceramic vase imagery. Some dimensions given. 1984; 1995.
Sheet 13: Photos of Canyon de Chelly and Casa Grande site, Hohokam. Some info given. 1962; 1995.
Sheet 14: Navajo weavings: two grey hills, chief's blankets, and others. Purple dress with silverwork. Red shirt and leggings. Black on white vessel from Reserve, NM. Bolivia weaving. Photo of Oaxaca pomegranate. Some info given. 1992; 1996.
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