Geometric Model by R. Whelan, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Five Tetrahedra
name: label: maker
content: Whelan, R.
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and folded paper model represents a compound of five regular tetrahedra inscriptible in a rhombic dodecahedron. Faces associated with each tetrahedron are painted a different color. A mark on the model reads: 394. Another mark reads: R. Whelan (/) Brown. A plastic string holds things together.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.304723.212, MA.304723.218, and MA.304723.233.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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.304723.212
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.212
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
label: Other Terms
content: Geometric Model; Union of Five Tetrahedra
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.7 cm x 11.5 cm x 11 cm; 3 7/16 in x 4 17/32 in x 4 11/32 in