Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Stellated Icosahedron with Holes
date: label: date made
content: 1935 07 25
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: The underlying structure of this paper and celluloid model is that of a hollow regular icosahedron. Four faces are replaced by holes. Four are flat pieces of celluloid, in the shape of equilateral triangles. Twelve other faces have been replaced by small triangular pyramids made out pf paper.
label: Description
content: A typed paper tag reads: IS 2. A mark in pencil reads: IS(2) (/) No 484. A faint pencil mark reads: July 25 (/) 1935.
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.304723.253
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.253
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: transparent (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.7 cm x 6.8 cm x 6.6 cm; 2 1/4 in x 2 11/16 in x 2 19/32 in