A cardboard model showing a compound of five tetrahedra. Each tetrahedron is given a separate colour. These are blue, green, orange, yellow, and brown, respectively.
Accession Number: 2016.mat.24
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Primary Materials: Cardboard
Markings:
This model is marked with the number “43.”
Dimensions (cm): Longest dimension = 24 cm
Function: Pedagogical mathematical model.
Condition:
Good/ Fair: The model is ripped in several places.
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Date of Manufacture: c. 1960
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Additional Information and References:
“Four tetrahedra, matching the vertices of the icosahedra. Four tetrahedron, with five different colours, so five times four vertices, of the icosahedra.” H.S.M. Coxeter. March 10, 2000.
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