Trollip's Sable Antelope

The design reserves two narrow points of the original square for the horns and lengthens them through a complex base. Curved shaping then gives the points the backward sweep associated with a sable antelope.

The folder must create four legs, a head, ears, a body, and two exceptionally long horns without cutting the sheet. Layer buildup around the head and shoulders also makes clean shaping more demanding than in a simpler quadruped.

Thin but durable paper is important because the horn and leg sections become narrow while the torso retains several layers. Tissue foil or well-prepared mulberry paper can hold the curved horns and muscular shaping more reliably than standard kami.

Its defining feature is the pair of long, strongly curved, ringed-looking horns carried over the back. Eugene Trollip, a South African designer, also shapes the powerful shoulders and neck associated with the African sable antelope.