DAKIN life size plush gorilla, 1985

Lot 3
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Event locationGermany, L.-Echterdingen
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Lot 3 | DAKIN life size plush gorilla, 1985
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€ 260
DAKIN life-size plush gorilla, 1985, Replica of the gorilla lady 'Koko' who lived in the San Francisco Zoo (1971-2018), seated, brown plush gorilla with a gray cat in her right hand, polyester, breastplate by Dakin, seat height 83 cm. Slight signs of age.
The Dakin company won a legal dispute over the name 'Koko' with the Steiff company regarding the stuffed animal. Scientists taught the real female gorilla 'Koko' about 1000 characters of a form of American Sign Language to communicate with humans. 'Koko' lovingly cared for kittens, hence the cat in the plush gorilla's right hand.
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