Object Details
- Description
- This model of a dissected polyhedron is made from paper and stored in a folded paper box. The dissection is made up of six hinged folded polyhedra that surround a central cube. Rearranged, the hinged pieces form a truncated octahedron. Wheeler called this a model of a soap-film cube or Tesseract. He gave it model number 785.
- A mark on the object reads: Container for (/) "Soap Film" cube. Another mark reads: April 193. A third mark reads: 785.
- Compare MA.304723.319 and MA.304723.329.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- date made
- 1931 04
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
