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MU | A r c h i v e s
Arguably the biggest celebrity in the MU Archives is a 6-foot crocodile
mask created by the Nuna people of southern Burkina Faso and
Ghana, West Africa, and donated by Robert Zigler ’42, who was a
U.S. diplomat and art collector. IUPUI student Mallory Johnson used
a scanner to make a series of passes over the croc’s entire structure.
Through this, she built a body of digital information that could be seen
on a computer monitor.
This information is now part of MU’s growing 3D gallery and is
available to the public by using an internet address or the QR code on
this page.
Use your cell phone
to connect with
Manchester University’s
Virtual 3-D
Ethnographic Art Gallery
The MU Archives is in the process of purchasing a 3D printer and
virtual reality equipment for student use during this academic year.
The equipment will be located in the Archives and available by
appointment.
By Jeanine Wine ’76
In photo at left, IUPUI student Mallory Johnson scans MU’s croc in Funderburg
Library. In photo at right (from left), Zoe Vorndran ’19, MU students Monique
Hochstetler and Eli Smith, and Derek Miller of IUPUI prepare a female figure for
scanning.
This is a work in progress and new objects
will be added as they are scanned.
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