Geometric Model by Robert L. Curtis, A Student of A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
date: label: date made
content: 1938 11 06
name: label: teacher
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
label: maker
content: Curtis, Robert L.
notes: label: Description
content: This cut and glued tan paper model is in the general shape of a regular tetrahedron, However, each side has a three-sided pyramid cut our of it, facing inward. Each side of one of these pyramids is in the same plane as a triangle of the same shape cut out of an adjacent face.
label: Description
content: A tag on the model reads: 648. A mark in pencil reads: 648. Another mark in pencil reads: R.L.C. 11/6/38.
label: Description
content: Wheeler referred to this model as a one-sided polyhedron.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
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.304723.371
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.371
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 glued (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11.4 cm x 13.5 cm x 12 cm; 4 1/2 in x 5 5/16 in x 4 23/32 in