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| Title | "Jonah and the Whale" (reproduction, replaced boat) mechanical bank |
| Artist | Peter Adams ; Book of Knowledge (Grolier, Inc.) |
| Date | c. 1950s-1960s |
| Institution | Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
| Location | Not on view. |
| Medium: | Dolls, Toys and Games | Metal, pigment |
| Size: | 5 x 10 1/16 x 3 9/16 in. (12.7 x 25.56 x 9.05 cm) |
| Creation Place: | United States |
| Culture: | United States |
| Style: | 20th century |
| Inscriptions: | Inscriptionson both sides, in gold: [JONAH AND THE WHALE]; on end, in gold: [BANK]; on bottom: [REPRODUCED FROM ORIGINAL IN COLLECTION OF / THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE / PAT. JULY 15 1890]; on stopper: [FATD FEB 2 1875] |
| Physical Description: | brick shape; top: boat (yellow and red) with 2 figures and whale (black with red mouth) on blue sea; figures move and whale's lower jaw moves--rest of box brown with 2 rows of holes on sides and ends; mouth is coin slot |
| Credit: | Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger |
| Accession Number: | 2003.236.602 |
| Artist: | Peter Adams, American |
| Role: | Designer |
| Nationality: |
| Life Dates: | American |
| Artist: | Book of Knowledge (Grolier, Inc.), New York |
| Role: | Manufacturer |
| Nationality: | United States |
| Life Dates: | New York |
| Added to Site: | March 1, 2009 |
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