Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This model of a regular hexagon has a wooden base covered with a layer of white plastic. It presently is held together with string.
Combined, objects numbered MA.304723.796, MA.304723.797, MA.304723.798 and MA.304723.799 form a model that can be arranged as a single large regular hexagon or as four separate hexagons. A drawing, along with pattern pieces, is in 1979.3002.49. The drawing is dated April 5, 1932 and May 2, 1932.
This is model 6HC in Wheeler's "Decomposition of Polygons" (1979.3002.43, folder 2).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.799
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.799
Object Name
geometric model
Other Terms
Hexagon
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
brown (overall color)
white (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.3 cm x 8 cm x 6.7 cm; 1/2 in x 3 5/32 in x 2 5/8 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_1075381