Anvil
Two large half-square triangles meet at the centre on one diagonal; the other two quarters each hold a square, a background square and two small triangles.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- four-patch
- Piece Count
- 16
- Tags
- four-patchhstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Four Patch
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