Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Four Faceted Octahedra
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This colorful plastic model represents the union of four faceted octahedra that are glued together. The faces are sixteen equilateral triangles and thirty-six other triangles. Faces in the same plane but different faceted octahedra are often the same color.
label: Description
content: On the faceted octahedron, see 1979.0102.176.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.304723.531
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.531
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: turquoise (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4.6 cm x 5.2 cm x 4.6 cm; 1 13/16 in x 2 1/16 in x 1 13/16 in