Symmetry in the African craftwork
A Mozambican bag with beautiful examples of friezes.
The image appears in the book Il ritmo delle forme - The rhythm of the shapes.
From the point of view of topology, if it a surface of genus 2, that can be seen as a doughnut with two holes, or as a sphere with two handles attached.
© Paulus Gerdes
foto di Paulus Gerdes
The image belongs to the sections...:
Clothing and accessories (Anthology of images)
Clothing and accessories (Symmetry)
Bags, baskets, ecc (Anthology of images)
Bags, baskets, ecc (Symmetry)
Objects (Topology)
Further information:
http://specchi.mat.unimi.it/
