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

"Money-Eating Hippopotamus" mechanical bank, c. 1950s

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Gift of Katherine Kierland Herbergerexpand_more  2003.236.433

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Title
"Money-Eating Hippopotamus" mechanical bank
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Accession Number
2003.236.433
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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