identify the topological type obtained by gluing sides of the hexagon

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Identify the topological type obtained by gluing sides of the hexagon as shown in the picture below

Surface

Clearly the boundary is encoded by the word $abcb^{-1}a^{-1}c$

I do not understand how the surface is glued together - could you help me, please?

Edit: This answer is a Klein bottle (see answer below)

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You should get the Klein bottle:

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By combining arrows $a$ and $b$ into a single red arrow, and arrows $a^{-1}$ and $b^{-1}$ into another red arrow, we get the first figure below. Now we must glue the red sides together, and blue sides together, so that the arrows line up.

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