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1914

Diagrams for a compound horse, made in three pieces, appear in 'Zhe zhi tu shuo' (Illustrated Paperfolding), compiled by Gui Shaolie, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in Ming guo 3 (1914). The instructions explain how to make the body. The head and tail are not explained. The head, however, looks like a Boat with Sail.

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The (Cut) Horse - 1929 onwards

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Honda's Compound Horse - 1941 onwards

As far as I know this design, which is made from two bird bases glued together, was first published by Isao Honda in an article in 'Origami Handicraft' in 1941, although I have not seen a copy of the article in question.

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1944

A design for 'El Caballo' (the horse dog) developed from a bird base analoque folded from a 60/120 degree rhombus appears in the second edition of 'Papiro-Zoo: Manual Practico de Papirologia o Cocotologia' by Giordano Lareo, which was published by Libraria 'El Ateneo' Editorial in Buenos Aires in 1944.This design only has one back leg.

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