This 3D scan of a small elephant-headed statue of Ganesha is based on an old plaster figure. The original statue has since been lost due to water damage, but can be reprinted at any time using this 3D data.
Cultural assets, mementos and works of art are always at risk of being damaged, stolen or destroyed. This makes high-resolution digitization all the more important. It cannot replace the original, but it is an informative source for further research and a way of producing facsimiles.
The production of digital copies is particularly important in times of global conflicts and a lively trade in cultural assets. They are a savepoint for individual objects and store so much more information than drawings and photographs!
The original object itself had a tarnished beige-brown coloration due to heavy nicotine stains. I therefore decided to use a monochrome yellow coloring for better visualization.
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