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    Posted 11 years ago

    WanderingM…
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    Would appreciate any help identifying this stylized ceramic hippopotamus figurine. It is only about 3" inches in height and appears to be signed and also a number on the base.

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    1. racer4four racer4four, 11 years ago
      He is wonderful!
    2. stwillia76 stwillia76, 11 years ago
      Hello. This may not be a hippo. Looks like a Finnish Muumi character. Muumi was an animation feature by Tove Jansson.
    3. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 11 years ago
      I have the same thought as stwilla, it does look very much like a mumintroll but to be a mumin it should have a long tail and this one doesn't. So I think this is not a mumin but maybe inspired by them? It is very sweet.
    4. WanderingMinstrel, 11 years ago
      Thank you for your comments

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