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Letter from Fannie C. Furst, Bessemer, Alabama, to Willie T. White, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, June 1, 1939
No full textFurst (Peter T.) La Chair des Dieux. L'usage rituel de psychédéliques
No full textThomas Louis-Vincent. Furst (Peter T.) La Chair des Dieux. L'usage rituel de psychédéliques. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°38, 1974. pp. 192-193
Temple of the Foliated Cross, Palenque
No full textThe Temple of the Foliated Cross through a view from the window of another building. This building is in Group of the Cross complex at Palenque, a significant ancient Maya site. In this image, the front the front wall and mansard roof of the temple have fallen leaving the interior architecture exposed. Photo taken by Peter T. Furst
Mixtec Greenstone Carved Heads
No full textCarved greenstone human heads. The head on the left has large nostrils and a grimacing mouth showing teeth with a hole drilled into the forehead and chin. The head on the right has wide open eyes, a naturalistic nose, and chin-length hair. Photographed in July 1978 by Peter T. Furst in the British Museum collections
Olmec Anthropomorphic Serpent Figurine
No full textSouthern coast Olmec stone or ceramic anthropomorphic snake figurine with an Olmec style human face and coiled serpent body. The figurine is incised along the body, around the mouth, and in the hair. The nostrils and ear lobes appear to be drilled out, creating a open hole in the ear lobe that could have once held further decorative elements. Dimensions: 4 3/4 inches tall. Photographed by Peter T. Furst in Guatemala's National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology collections in July 1969
Matachines Dancer, Zacatecas
No full textA man dressed in the traditional headdress of the Matachines Dance in Zacatecas, Mexico. The headdress has a sequined and beaded head piece with brightly colored feathers attached to the top, and sequined and beaded tassels over the ears. The dancer wears a red cloth on his shoulders with a sequin border and yellow fringe. The Matachines Dance has been recorded as a dance to bring rain in Zacatecas, and it is a traditional dance performed by several communities throughout Mexico
Portrait of Diego Rivera
No full textA portrait of mural artist Diego Rivera a few years before he died at age 70 in 1959. He stands in front of an unidentified sculptural form
Woman Weaving in San Martín Sacatepéquez
No full textA Sacatepéquez woman in indigenous dress weaves a large textile outside an adobe house with a grass roof. Two other women speak to one another through the building's door way
Voladores Dancers in the City of Papantla, Veracruz
No full textMen dancing the traditional Dance of the Voladores in the City of Papantla in Veracruz. The men wear the traditional dress of the dance with ribbons on their headdresses and red embroidered pants. The central figure appears to play a flute and a small drum. The Dance of the Voladores is an indigenous dance with pre-Columbian roots where the participants dance and then climb a 30 foot pole that they launch themselves from while tied to ropes by their feet
Bark Paper Painting
No full textColorful painting on bark paper, or amate, from the Mezcala in Guerrero. The painting depicts three female figures, two of which are caring for and nursing children, while the other washes fabric with basin and washboard. Two animals figures, one of which had supernatural qualities, fauna, two architectural forms, baskets, vessels, and a chair are also shown in the scene. A floral and geometric border surrounds the work's exterior. Photo by Peter Furst. November 197
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