Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Stellation of the Icosahedron
name: label: maker
content: Wheeler, Albert Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Wheeler distinguished this twelve-pointed model (which he dubs I8 and also 369) from the ninth stellation of the icosahedron (see MA.304723.199). The model includes twelve cut ahd folded paper decahedra that form the points of the model as well as twelve-sided plastic stars (not flat) that fit into the bottom edges of the decahedra and also next to one another. The model is presently in pieces and the plastic warped.
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.304723.208
label: accession number
content: 304723
label: catalog number
content: 304723.208
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: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 17 cm x 13 cm x 13.5 cm; 6 11/16 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 5/16 in