It is neat to have artifacts from your childhood. Once you get that fixed, it would be neat to get the story behind the zebra figurines, if possible. Maybe some relative remembers something, even if you and your sister don’t.
My mother bequeathed my sister and I some things. For example, a cup she used as a child. She wrote a brief note about it on a piece of masking tape and put it in the cup. Otherwise, I would not have known its significance. I mention this because if you want your children or grandchildren to have something, put a note in it so they know something about it. It probably wouldn’t work for something small like those zebra figurines, but I was just thinking how things get passed down and the children might not know any story behind it.
Dad was Air Force: it was always us four, no more. Mom was the last of her side of the family, too.
There are stories that will die with me. Such is life.
Sorry if I was off topic. Your situation reminded me of how my mom put labels or notes on certain items that had a story behind them, so we would know.