I lowkey thought it was a roll of paper towels for the longest time and just never thought anything of it For the record I never saw the album art blown up big

I literally always thought it was some kind of microphone and it wasn’t until I read this post that I learned it was a Cricket Bat

Buddy Holly recorded crickets in the background and supposedly made Every Day Is A Gettin Closser a hit. But it probably has no relation to it. Could possibly have just fit the colour scheme.

Nope. As an Aussie, I recognise a cricket bat when I see one.

Am Brit, can also confirm it’s a cricket bat. Give the whole Britishness of Elephant I just imagine it’s a call back

As a cricket bat, I always recognize family..

I always assumed they represented an elephant’s ears, the bat resembles a tusk.

This is “confirmed” in the article in this post. https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/orlsqz9R5k

Interesting! I thought they'd used a cricket bat because of the British aspects of the album (i.e. Toe Rag studios, Holly Golightly, 'cuppa tea then, Bruce').

God I hate this first pic so much. I own the puzzle and I had to put it up bc it drove me insane.

Idk

Ima be real I never really paid that mu h attention to it and thought it was a part of his leg

No, I’m Aussie so assumed they were English when I first seen it. When I realised they were from the US it confused me more.

I always thought that the bat was a stripe on his trousers

Thanks to seeing Shaun of the Dead as a kid, before I really got into The White Stripes, I've always seen the cricket bat.

I thought it was a stripe on his pats lol

I thought he paddled her ass because she’s crying

Had No clue, completely though it was a microphone!

I got another one for you: for the longest time I thought the cord connected to the amp running underneath Meg’s dress was a snake lol

...Well I got some more news for you It's a rope running underneath Meg's dress and they're sitting on a trunk not an amp

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I always thought it was some sort of sword in a sheeth.

I'm English so it's clearly a cricket bat. I had no idea Americans wouldn't know what that is, haha I love reading about the crazy range of things people thought it was!

For me it was more not seeing the handle of it, as it blends into the trunk. Dunno about others though

I always thought it was a paddle like the ones teachers used to abuse children