Ethnographic examples


Examples by artists can be found here.
 

Figure 1

Pitt Rivers Museum,
University of Oxford

Ball made from pandanus leaf

Accession number: PRM 1906.58.92

Collected 1896, Polynesia

This ball is a 0,4 cube. Weaving elements are folded up from the base at 90°.
 
Photo: Liz Yardley; Shown with permission of the Pitt Rivers Museum
   
Figure 2

Pitt Rivers Museum,
University of Oxford

Cubical ball made from palm leaf

Accession number: PRM 1918.11.4

Collected 1888 Torres Strait Islands

This ball is a 1,1 cube. Weaving elements are folded up from the base at 45°.
 
Photo: Liz Yardley; Shown with permission of the Pitt Rivers Museum
   
Figure 3


Russian Ethnographic Museum,
St. Petersburg

Cubical ball made from bark

This ball is a 3,3 cube. Weaving elements are folded up from the base at 45°.
 

Photo: Felicity Wood