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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°. |
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Figure 2 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford 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°. |
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Figure 3 Russian Museum of Ethnography, St. Petersburg Cubical ball made from bark This ball is a 3,3 cube. Weaving elements are folded up from the base at 45°. |
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Photo credits:
Figures 1-2, Liz Yardley, shown with permission of the Pitt Rivers Museum
Figures 3 & 5: Felicity Wood
Figure 10: Joanna Gilmour
All other photos: Liz Yardley