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Le Pingouin (cut)
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of the origami design known as La Boite a Anses or the Box with Handles. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1929

As far as I know this design first appears in the issue of the French children's magazine 'L'Age Heureux' of 20th February 1930. A cut is used to separate the legs,

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The same design also appears:

1931

As 'La Boite a Anses' in the issue of 'Le Memorial' of 26th February 1931.

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1932

The same design appears in Booklet 3 of 'Images a Plier', a series of 6 booklets published by Librairie Larousse in Paris in 1932.

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