This tan cut and glued paper model has as its core a pentagonal dodecahedron (the pentagons are not regular). Eight polyhedra with twelve trangular faces each are attached symmetrically to the edges of the dodecahderon to form an eight-pointed surface. A paper tag on the model reads: 497. A mark in pen reads: Icosahedron (/) Aug-1-1935. A mark below this in penceil reads: No. 497.
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