Object Details
- Description
- The faces of this Archimedean solid are eight congruent equilateral triangles and six congruent squares. A mark on the white plastic model reads: 13 (/) AVIII. This was Wheeler’s model number 13 and model VIII of his Archimedean solids.
- Reference:
- Magnus J. Wenninger, Polyhedron Models, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 25.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 8 cm x 12 cm x 9 cm; 3 5/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 3 17/32 in
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
