Object Details
- Description
- The faces of this cut and glued model made from balsa wood are eight equilateral triangles and eighteen squares. It is an Archimedean solid.
- A mark reads: R.Anderson. (/) March 30, '38.
- Reference:
- Magnus J. Wenninger, Polyhedron Models, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 27.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- teacher
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- maker
- Anderson, R.
- date made
- 1938 03 30
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- Physical Description
- wood, balsa (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
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