Object Details
maker
Berman, Martin
Description
This model is an "augmentation" of a truncated dodecahedron. On three decagonal faces, the decagon serves as the base of a figure with a regular pentagon on top and five square and five triangular sides. The faces of the model total of thirty-five equilateral triangles faces, fifteen squares, three regular pentagons, and nine regular decagons.
On Berman's models of regular-faced convex polyhedra, see 1978.1065.01.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Berman
date made
1970
ID Number
1978.1065.091
accession number
1978.1065
catalog number
1978.1065.091
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 26.5 cm x 32 cm x 34 cm; 10 7/16 in x 12 19/32 in x 13 3/8 in
place made
United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Regular-Faced Convex Polyhedra
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_690434