"Money-Eating Hippopotamus" mechanical bank
rectangular bank; metal folds secure together at short ends; caged hippopotamus whose face and backside can be seen on opposite long sides; a knob at the front slides a panel sticking the hippo's tongue out, trigger mechanism closes it; keyed door at right side
- Date
- c. 1950s
- In our collection
- since January the 5th, 2010 up to now
- Dimensions
- 3 x 5 x 3 in. (7.62 x 12.7 x 7.62 cm)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Steel, lithograph
- Price
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- Composition
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oxygen 28% iron 51% copper 13% cadmium 1% atium 1% zinc 6%