Hopewell, Olmec, Crow, Arapaho, Ojibwe, Haida, Sioux, Micmac, Tarascan, Tlatilco, 1969-1995
File — Box: 30, Folder: 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1969-1995
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: Some dates illegible. Hopewell zoomorphic pipes. Discorides illustration of Cannabis. Olmec figural container and tube. Figural vessel. Figural stone and ceramic pipes. A few slides marked with dimensions and descriptions. 3/1970, 11/1980, 9/1993, 3/1994, 8/1994.
Sheet 2: One slide taped in back. Crow tobacco society hide and beaded bag. Arapaho quilled Ghost Dance pipe bag. Painted hide bag. Painted parfleche. Hopewell zoomorphic pipe. Plains catlinite pipe. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 11/1980, 9/1981, 7/1983, 11/1985, 8/1994.
Sheet 3: Painted parfleche. Ceramic west Mexican pipes. Ojibwe argillite pipe. Haida pipe. Sioux catlinite pipe. Pecos cave paintings. Several slides marked with dimensions. 2/1982, 7/1983, 10/1985, 11/1985, 5/1995.
Sheet 4: Sioux wood and catlinite pipe. West Mexican ceramic pipe. Stone and ceramic pipes and snuffers. Nuttall codex image. A few slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 4/1986, 7/1989, 5/1995, 7/1995.
Sheet 5: Hopewell, Spiro, Ohio pipes. Aztec owl pipe. Mississippian bicephalic owl figurine. NW Coast pipe. Ceramic double compartment snuffer. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 1973, 11/1980, 5/1981, 7/1983.
Sheet 6: Seneca stone pipes. Tlatilco ceramic pipe. Aztec parrot pipe and figural pipe. Painted parfleche. Most slides marked with dimensions. 7/1969, 2/1981, 7/1992.
Sheet 7: Micmac, Great Lakes, Ojibwe stone figural pipes. Sioux and East Woodland catlinite pipes. Tarascan ceramic pipes. Great Lakes and Ojibwe wood and metal pipes. Tlatilco ceramic figural smoker. Most slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 7/1969, 11/1980, 2/1981, 8/1981, 9/1981, 1/1982, 2/1982, 3/1983, 6/1983, 9/1985, 10/1985, 3/1986, 8/1994.
Sheet 8: Iroquois and Great Lakes stone pipes. Zacatecas stone incised figurine. Columbia River pipe. Tarascan ceramic pipe. catlinite, metal and wood pipe. A few slides marked dimensions. 5/1971, 10/1981, 3/1994, 8/1994, 10/1995.
Sheet 9: Hopewell stone pipe. Huron figurine with vessel. Two slides marked with dimensions. 8/1994.
Sheet 2: One slide taped in back. Crow tobacco society hide and beaded bag. Arapaho quilled Ghost Dance pipe bag. Painted hide bag. Painted parfleche. Hopewell zoomorphic pipe. Plains catlinite pipe. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 11/1980, 9/1981, 7/1983, 11/1985, 8/1994.
Sheet 3: Painted parfleche. Ceramic west Mexican pipes. Ojibwe argillite pipe. Haida pipe. Sioux catlinite pipe. Pecos cave paintings. Several slides marked with dimensions. 2/1982, 7/1983, 10/1985, 11/1985, 5/1995.
Sheet 4: Sioux wood and catlinite pipe. West Mexican ceramic pipe. Stone and ceramic pipes and snuffers. Nuttall codex image. A few slides marked with dimensions. One slide marked with description. 4/1986, 7/1989, 5/1995, 7/1995.
Sheet 5: Hopewell, Spiro, Ohio pipes. Aztec owl pipe. Mississippian bicephalic owl figurine. NW Coast pipe. Ceramic double compartment snuffer. A few slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 1973, 11/1980, 5/1981, 7/1983.
Sheet 6: Seneca stone pipes. Tlatilco ceramic pipe. Aztec parrot pipe and figural pipe. Painted parfleche. Most slides marked with dimensions. 7/1969, 2/1981, 7/1992.
Sheet 7: Micmac, Great Lakes, Ojibwe stone figural pipes. Sioux and East Woodland catlinite pipes. Tarascan ceramic pipes. Great Lakes and Ojibwe wood and metal pipes. Tlatilco ceramic figural smoker. Most slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 7/1969, 11/1980, 2/1981, 8/1981, 9/1981, 1/1982, 2/1982, 3/1983, 6/1983, 9/1985, 10/1985, 3/1986, 8/1994.
Sheet 8: Iroquois and Great Lakes stone pipes. Zacatecas stone incised figurine. Columbia River pipe. Tarascan ceramic pipe. catlinite, metal and wood pipe. A few slides marked dimensions. 5/1971, 10/1981, 3/1994, 8/1994, 10/1995.
Sheet 9: Hopewell stone pipe. Huron figurine with vessel. Two slides marked with dimensions. 8/1994.
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