RECONSTRUCTION OF THE QUENA OF THE BOLIVIAN AMAZON

  • by Spencer Webster-Bass
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3D Models

Figures

Figure 1a: Quena of the American Section from the Penn Museum (Object SA66)

Figure 1b: Reference image of the backside of Object SA66

Figure 1c: Technical names of parts of the quena

Figure 1d: Reference image of distal end of Object SA66

Figure 2: Edge loops and extrude base features in Maya to create circular holes.

Figure 3: ArtRage interface

Figure 4: Texture edited in ArtRage and imported into Maya’s UV Editor

Figure 5: Thickening portion of quena wrapped in rope

Figure 6: Feather transparency image imported into Maya

Figure 7: Mapping motion capture movements onto human model with MotionBuilder

Figure 8: Various wind instruments found in Eastern Bolivia

Figure 9: Quena from the Penn Museum collected by Dr. Farabee (Object SA395)

Figure 10: Complete virtual model of the quena

Figure 11: GarageBand user interface with EQ editor in bottom window

Figure 12: Yellow skeleton with the motion capture movements stored. The characterize icon is located in bottom left Asset Browser window.