Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
Each of these six flat pieces has a wooden base and a colored plastic top - the tops are six different colors. As stored in their transparent open case, they firm a hexagon. In this version of the model, the pieces are not hinged.
This appears to be Wheeler's model 6HF, which can be arranged either as a hexagon or as an equilateral triangle.
See Wheeler's list of dissections, under "Regular Hexagons" (1979.3002.43, folder 2).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.792
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.792
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
green (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
turquiose (overall color)
brown (overall color)
red (overall color)
black (overall color)
white (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.4 cm x 8.5 cm x 9.7 cm; 9/16 in x 3 11/32 in x 3 13/16 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1075227