Palm - 3D Model

• Main Authors: Catherine Anne Cassidy, Jacquie Aitken, Iain Oliver, Alan Miller
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: CINE; Helmsdale 1890; 3-D Object; Timespan; CULTURAL HERITAGE; HISTORY; Digital Humanities; Digital Heritage; Arctic; Aitken; Cassidy
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4407238

3D model of a tool used to protect the hand when making or mending sails. It is made from leather and a pad of resin forms the thimble-like head used to push a needle through the tough sailcloth. Dated early to mid-20th century. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Helmsdale Fishing Village reconstruction. A collaborative project between Open Virtual Worlds , a research team within the School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews and Timespan Museum . 3D digitisation was done by Catherine Cassidy and Iain Oliver with archaeological assistanceprovided by Jacquie Aitken. Digitisation funded by the EU Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014-2020 through the “Connected Culture and Natural Heritage in a Northern Environment” ( CINE ) project.