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Created 5/11/2021. Last updated 25/3/2026.

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Folded Paper Deer and Antelope
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of folded paper deer and antelope. 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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1951

A Deer (cut) appears in 'Folding Paper for Children: Origami' by Claude Sarasas, which was published by Kodansha in Tokyo in 1951.

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1959

A Compound Stag made from two pieces of paper is pictured, but not explained, in 'How to Make Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Shuppan Co. Ltd in Japan. by McDowell Obolensky of New York in the USA and by Museum Press Ltd of London in England, in 1959.

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1960

A similar ompound design for a 'A Deer' appears in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960. The horns are created using cuts.

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Two cut designs for deer appear in 'Happy Origami: Whale Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in 1960.

Deer (female) (cut)

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Male (male) (cut)

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1964

A heavily cut design for an 'Antelope', posing as one of Santa's reindeer, appears in 'Happy Origami: Butterfly Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in 1964.

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The same design appears as 'Reindeer' in 'Origami Playtime' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Japan Publications Trading Co in Tokyo, New York and San Francisco in July 1967.

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1967

A paper 'Doe' folded from a dollar bill, probably designed by Giuseppe Baggi, appeared in an advert in issue 112 of Mad Magazine for July 1967.

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1969

The article 'Mad Origami Zoo of Cliche Creatures' by Giuseppe Baggi, which appeared in 'Mad Magazine' Issue 129 of September 1969, featured a design for a 'Fast Buck'.

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