Fakers and Mold-Makers: The Use of Structured Light Scanning to Detect Forgeries of Pre-Hispanic Effigies from Oaxaca

A common forgery technique is to use molds to create a suite of objects. This article introduces a new technique to identify objects made with the same mold through the comparison of 3D models created using structured light scanning (SLS). SLS data, when analyzed with CloudCompare or other point clo...

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Main Authors: Justin Jennings, April Hawkins, Adam Sellen, Giles Spence Morrow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2022-10-01
Series:Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies
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Online Access:https://www.jcms-journal.com/articles/216

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