The Digital Historian

The cover of the print version features an image of a wooden hat representing an orca, crafted in 1900 in Angoon, Alaska and reproduced as an interactive model by the Smithsonian X 3D project. The hat belongs to the Tlingit Dakl’weidi (Killer Whale) clan, and the National Museum of Natural History returned it in 2005, retaining a 3-D digital copy online and a wooden reproduction derived from the digital model.

According to the Smithsonian, "This project shows we can return culturally sensitive objects so they can be used in ceremony while retaining exact replicas to teach about their cultural significance-and the importance of repatriation."

Learn more in this issue and at 3d.si.edu. Images courtesy of Smithsonian Digitization Program Office.

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Staff

Allen Mikaelian, editor
Liz Townsend, coordinator, professional data and job center
Vanessa Varin, assistant editor, web and social media
Kelly Elmore, marketing and business operations

Other Articles

January 1, 2014

News

In Praise of the Variegated Life

January 1, 2014

AHA Activities, News

Ask a Friend to Join the AHA

January 1, 2014

Managing Your Digital Self

November 14, 2013

Perspectives on Culture

12 Years a Slave Examines the Old South’s Heart of Darkness

January 1, 2014

In Memoriam

David Landes (1924-2013)

January 1, 2014

In Memoriam

Stanley J. Idzerda (1920-­2013)

January 1, 2014

In Memoriam

Leonard P. Curry (1929-­2013)

January 29, 2014

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Tara Zahra

January 28, 2014

AHA Activities

Action Items by the AHA Council

January 16, 2014

Member Spotlight, News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Louise McReynolds

January 8, 2014

Fun with the Humanities

News

January 1, 2014

News

Embracing OA

January 1, 2014

The 2013 Jobs Report

January 1, 2014

News

Is 3-­D a Game Changer?

January 1, 2014

AHA Activities, From the Research Division

Transparency in Recruiting Reviewers for Journal Articles