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Le Bruyn notes that the Ashmolean owns only 5 Scottish stone balls... and their webpage shows this photo of them:



very different from the photo in Lawlor's book:



No ribbons. Some stones have different shapes! Also: the Ashmolean lists their 5 balls as having 7, 6, 6, 4 and 14 knobs, respectively — nothing like an icosahedron.







Top photo from Highlights of the British Collections: Stone Balls, part of the British Archaeology at the Ashmolean Museum website.