Object Details
- Description
- This dissection consists of six pieces arranged in a transparent green pentagonal case. The pieces may be arranged as a pentagon or an equilateral triangle.
- A pattern for this model (found in 1979.3002.52) is dated 1932. Wheeler sent a desctiption of the model to Canadian mathematician H.S.M. Coxeter, who wrote letter reacting to that which is with the pattern.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- date made
- ca 1932
- ca 1932
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- gray (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- turquoise (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 1.2 cm x 9 cm x 8.6 cm; 15/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 3 3/8 in
- Object Name
- geometric model
