Object Details
- Description
- Thr four pieces of this hinged dissection can be arranged as a regular hexagon or as a rhombus.
- A drawing dated April 16, 1932 in 1979.3002.55, folder 1 shows this model. In his list of dissections, under "Regular Hexagons," Wheeler describes this model as "Hexagon into a Rhombus." He denotes it by 4HO.
- Another related drawing is in 1979.3002.43, folder 1.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- date made
- ca 1932
- c. 1932
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- green (overall color)
- brown (overall color)
- cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 1.8 cm x 18.3 cm x 15.6 cm; 23/32 in x 7 7/32 in x 6 5/32 in
- Object Name
- geometric model
- Other Terms
- Dissection
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