Tombstone
2018 (made)
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To mark the launch of the ReACH Declaration, this copy of a grave stone was presented to the Museum. The original is in a cemetery next to a remote and historic hilltop mosque at Kala Koreysh in Dagestan, Russia. The site has been recorded by Factum Arte as part of a project to digitise the cultural heritage of Dagestan. Using photogrammetry, hundreds of overlapping digital photographs covering every area of the grave stone were mapped with imaging software to create a moveable 3-dimensional image on screen. A CNC milling machine was then programmed to carve this new version of the monument in limestone. Unlike plaster casting, photogrammetry enables extremely accurate, 3-dimensional copies to be made without any materials contacting or harming the original work.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | CNC milled limestone |
Brief description | CNC milled limestone reproduction of a grave stone from the Utsmi cemetery, Kala Koreysh, by Factum Arte, gift from the PERI Foundation. |
Physical description | CNC milled limestone reproduction of a grave stone from the Utsmi cemetry, Qala Quraysh |
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Credit line | Given by the Factum Foundation, and made in collaboration between Factum Arte, the Peri Charitable Foundation, and the Museum Sanctuary and Ethnographic Complex 'Dag-Aul |
Summary | To mark the launch of the ReACH Declaration, this copy of a grave stone was presented to the Museum. The original is in a cemetery next to a remote and historic hilltop mosque at Kala Koreysh in Dagestan, Russia. The site has been recorded by Factum Arte as part of a project to digitise the cultural heritage of Dagestan. Using photogrammetry, hundreds of overlapping digital photographs covering every area of the grave stone were mapped with imaging software to create a moveable 3-dimensional image on screen. A CNC milling machine was then programmed to carve this new version of the monument in limestone. Unlike plaster casting, photogrammetry enables extremely accurate, 3-dimensional copies to be made without any materials contacting or harming the original work. |
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Accession number | A.21-2018 |
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Record created | July 3, 2018 |
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