An octahedron

PART OF:: Selection of models showing the five regular Platonic solids:- tetrahedron

Made:: 1937

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An octahedron
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An octahedron, one of five plaster models of the Platonic solids, 1937.

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1937-239/3

Materials:: complete and plaster

type:: polyhedra model (plaster): platonic solids

credit:: Nehan, E.A.

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