Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Deltoidhexacontahedron

Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Deltoidhexacontahedron

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Description
This cut and folded tan paper model has the basic symmetry of a regular dodecahedron, which each of the twelve faces replaced by five equal quadrilaterals. Hence it has sixty equal quadrilaterals as faces. A paper tag on ther model reads: 747. A mark reads: Aug 21-1926 (/) No 747.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Geometric Model
date made
1926 08 21
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: 10.5 cm x 11 cm x 11 cm; 4 1/8 in x 4 11/32 in x 4 11/32 in
ID Number
MA.304723.283
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.283
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
subject
Mathematics
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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