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Digital Heritage Clearance Colonialism

3D model of a large domestic pottery container with a brown salt glaze commonly used for storing flour and other grains. Dated. c. late 19th century. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Helmsdale Fishing Village…

A large pottery domestic container with a brown salt glaze commonly used for storing flour and other grains. Dated. c. late 19th century.

3D model of a roll of rope. Fishermen used rope to haul their nets, hoist sales and drop anchors. It was a vital necessity abroad any fishing boat. Dated mid-20th century. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Helmsdale Fishing…

Fishermen used rope to haul their nets, hoist sales and drop anchors. It was a vital necessity abroad any fishing boat. Dated mid-20th century.

3D model of a tool used for making and repairing nets. Early examples were made of wood or bone which was later replaced by plastic. Dated early-mid 20th century. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Helmsdale Fishing Village…

A tool used for making and repairing nets. Early examples were made of wood or bone which was later replaced by plastic. Dated early-mid 20th century.

3D model of a large urn-shaped water jug used with a basin for washing at a washstand. Dated early 20th century. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Helmsdale Fishing Village reconstruction. A collaborative project between…

A large urn shaped water jug used with a basin for washing at a wash stand. Dated. Early 20th century.

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…

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 sail cloth. Dated early-mid-20th century.

3D model of general-purpose scales made by Salter Housewares Ltd. Original object dated late 19th century. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Helmsdale Fishing Village reconstruction. A collaborative project between Open…

General purpose scales made by Salter Housewares Ltd. Dated late 19th. Century.

This flask was made by a cooper at the end of his apprenticeship and used the same woodworking skills that were required to make herring barrels. Twelve wooden staves were used to make the flask and six brass rings around the outside were used to…

3D model of a flask made by a cooper at the end of his apprenticeship. He used the same woodworking skills that were required to make herring barrels. Twelve wooden staves were used to make the flask and six brass rings around the outside were used…

3D model of a cooper's croze, used for making grooves about an inch and a half below the rim of a barrel to hold the lid or head. It is stamped "Peter J Jack, Wick". Dated c. late 19th/early 20th century. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum.…

Used for making grooves about an inch and a half below the rim of a barrel to hold the lid or head. It is stamped “Peter J Jack, Wick”. Dated c. late 19th/early 20th century.

3D model of a large basket worn on the back to carry fish usually made from larch or willow branches. The fishwife would sell fish to the surrounding community or barter for fresh dairy produce. Dated c. early 20th century. Physical object held at…

A large basket worn on the back to carry fish usually made from larch or willow branches. The fishwife would sell fish to the surrounding community or barter for fresh dairy produce. Dated c. early 20th century.

3D model of a stone bowl found in a Pictish cairn at Dalcharne, in the Strath of Kildonan, in 1853. The vessel comprises an oval bowl with one broken short lug-like, perforated handle. It is made from a soft rock, similar to soapstone, and has…

Stone bowl found in a Pictish cairn at Dalcharne, in the Strath of Kildonan, in 1853. The vessel comprises an oval bowl with one broken short lug-like, perforated handle. It is made from a soft rock, similar to soapstone, and has concentric and…

A 3D model of decorated stone spindle whorl with concentric ring of punched dots and central perforation, used as a weight for a wooden drop spindle. The weight helped give the spindle momentum in the twisting, or spinning, of raw wool fibers into…

A decorated stone spindle whorl with concentric ring of punched dots and central perforation, used as a weight for a wooden drop spindle. The weight helped give the spindle momentum in the twisting, or spinning, of raw wool fibers into yarn for later…

A 3D model of a spindle whorl for spinning raw wool, made from a grey schist-like rock with central perforation used as a weight for a wooden drop spindle. The weight helped give the spindle momentum in the twisting, or spinning, of raw wool fibers…

A spindle whorl for spinning raw wool, made from a grey schist-like rock with central perforation used as a weight for a wooden drop spindle. The weight helped give the spindle momentum in the twisting, or spinning, of raw wool fibers into yarn, for…

3D model of a stone lamp made from an oval pebble, with shallow concave oil bowl and wick holder. The wick was traditionally made from the waxy pith from reed stalks and oil was derived from animal fat. It is thought to have been found in the Strath…

Stone lamp made from an oval pebble, with shallow concave oil bowl and wick holder. The wick was traditionally made from the waxy pith from reed stalks and oil was derived from animal fat. It is thought to have been found in the Strath of Kildonan.…

3D model of small rounded sandstone bowl or crucible of unknown use and origin. Dated 500BC-500AD. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Iron Age Kildonan reconstruction. A collaborative project between Open Virtual Worlds, a…

A small rounded sandstone bowl or crucible of unknown use and origin. Dated 500BC-500AD.