Beat the Elf, Polycube Puzzle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
name: label: maker
content: House of Games Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: The thirteen pieces of this plastic polycube consist of twelve small double cubes and a triple cube (three cubes in a row). Eleven pieces have one yellow and one black cube. One piece consists of two black cubes. The final piece has one black and two yellow cubes. The goal of the puzzle is to arrange the pieces into a 3x3x3 cube, with no face of the cube representing a winning game of tic-tac-toe.
label: Description
content: The puzzle fits in a transparent plastic box which is shorter than it and has no lid.
label: Description
content: The shape and number of the pieces in puzzles 2012.0091.06 and 2012.0091.07 are the same, although the coloring is different.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Jerry Slocum and Jack Botermans, <I>The Book of Ingenious and Diabolical Puzzles</I>, New York: Times Books, 1994, pp. 36-37.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada: Ontarian, Bramalea
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Mathematical Recreations
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Judy Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0091.06
label: accession number
content: 2012.0091
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0091.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puzzle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 3 17/32 in