Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Trapezoidal Dodecahedron
date: label: date made
content: 1931 06 30
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and folded tan paper model represents the union of two star pyramids with pentagrams as bases. The bases face opposite directions and the vertices of the pyramids extend atop the pentagrams. Faces include two pentagrams with star-shaped hols, twenty trapezoids, and twenty triangles. A mark in pen reads: Pentagonal Trapezoidal Dodecahedron (/) Third Species(/) A. Harry Wheeler (/) June 30 1931. A paper sticker reads: 289.
label: Description
content: Compare models MA.304723.593 and MA.305723.594.
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.304723.593
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.593
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.1 cm x 16 cm x 15.5 cm; 2 25/32 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 3/32 in