Rubik's Snake Puzzle, which was mentioned on page 235 of
Hinged Dissections: Swinging & Twisting, by Greg N. Frederickson:

Ed Reingold and Ann McBroom sent me some scans of Rubik's Snake Puzzle. First, it's laid out in a line:

Then it's partially twisted:

Then it's twisted into a shape that suggests a truncated octahedron:

Thanks, Ed and Ann!

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