This traditional indonesian piggy bank comes in the form of a chicken and is made of clay and painted in color. as a popular animal in indonesian culture, a chicken represent a friendly and clean animal, is raised in ones own yard and provides the breeders with wholesome, nutrious meat and eggs.
Metaphorically, savings is associated with eggs. One will sow in the future what one puts in the present; as a small egg of today will be a prosperous chicken of tomorrows. Anticipating the time to break their chicken banks, children are encouraged to save.