Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Twelve Pointed Star Dodecahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Twelve Pointed Star Dodecahedron
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- Description
- This is a cut and glued paper model of a twelve-pointed polyhedron. It has twelve triangular faces and twenty-four quadrilateral faces. Two quadrilaterals and one triangle come together at each point.
- A mark on the model reads: Twelve Pointed (/) Star Dodecahedron (/) Fourth Species (/) A. Harry Wheeler (/) Aug 13-1934. Another mark reads: IV Species (/) Aug 13, 1936.
- Compare 1979.0102.280 ,MA.304723.049, and MA.304723.505..
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- date made
- 1934-1936
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 9 cm x 11 cm x 11 cm; 3 17/32 in x 4 11/32 in x 4 11/32 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.049
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.049
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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