Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
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- Description
- This cut and folded tan paper model is a four-pointed polyhedron. The faces are twelve irregular pentagons.
- A paper tag on the model reads: 510. Another mark reads: April-4-1930. A third mark reads: See (/) 100 (/) and (/) 800.
- Compare MA.304723.275, MA.304723.276, MA.304723.278, MA.304723.279, and MA.304723.518.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- date made
- 1930 04 04
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 9 cm x 10.6 cm x 10.5 cm; 3 17/32 in x 4 3/16 in x 4 1/8 in
- ID Number
- MA.304723.279
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.279
- 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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