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The intriguing geometry of the Hectix Puzzle (Fig. 135) with its 12 notched hexagonal sticks suggests by analogy a cluster of 30 notched pentagonal sticks. Two versions of such a design are shown in Fig. 155, the difference between the two being a 36-degree rotation of the sticks. The model on the left is a mock-up only, as the sticks are so completely interlocked that any notching scheme to permit assembly would appear to cut some sticks completely in two. The complicated notching scheme that permitted assembly of the model on the right many years ago has long since been forgotten, as it has never been disassembled and serves only as a fascinating sculpture.
Fig. 155
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