Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Afghan Bands Paper Trick
Five upright loop diagrams compare separate rings, linked rings, a long loop and a knotted-looking result. Letters distinguish their different arrangements. The text identifies Figure 198 with The Afghan Bands, a paper-cutting trick whose outcomes depend on twists made before the ends are joined. These are diagrams of paper bands rather than metal linking rings.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Afghan Bands Paper Trick" [editorial title]. In Later Magic, Professor Hoffmann. 1904 E. P. Dutton edition, 1904, E. P. Dutton & Company. Source scan leaf 494. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0065-0493
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Illustrator not identified. The Afghan Bands Paper Trick. Later Magic. Scan leaf 494. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0065-0493