Origin: Indonesia or Malaysia
Material: Carved and painted timber, iron spin point, blackened steel stand
Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 30 cm
Quantity: One only
Condition: Good
Honest wear — marks and patina. Everything visible is photographed.
A large timber spinning top of the kind used across Indonesia and Malaysia, hand-carved and painted by local artisans — concentric rings of green, red, black and white radiating from a domed centre, with the iron spin point still set into it. Mounted upright on a blackened steel stand so it reads as a painting rather than a toy.
Gasing pangkah is a competitive game: players strike each other's tops out of a circle, so these were cut heavy to run long. The wear is from that rather than from a finish someone applied — the paint worn through to bare timber across the black quadrant and around the rim, and the greens and reds gone chalky and sun-bleached. A beautiful object, with the weight in the hand that the game required.
Photographed honestly, in natural light, exactly as it is. No surprises when your new favourite thing arrives.
Everything we sell is 100% authentic. No reproductions, no replicas.
PS. We ship worldwide. For delivery outside Australia, contact us and we'll come back within a day with the best way to get your new favourite piece to you.
Origin: Indonesia or Malaysia
Material: Carved and painted timber, iron spin point, blackened steel stand
Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 30 cm
Quantity: One only
Condition: Good
Honest wear — marks and patina. Everything visible is photographed.
A large timber spinning top of the kind used across Indonesia and Malaysia, hand-carved and painted by local artisans — concentric rings of green, red, black and white radiating from a domed centre, with the iron spin point still set into it. Mounted upright on a blackened steel stand so it reads as a painting rather than a toy.
Gasing pangkah is a competitive game: players strike each other's tops out of a circle, so these were cut heavy to run long. The wear is from that rather than from a finish someone applied — the paint worn through to bare timber across the black quadrant and around the rim, and the greens and reds gone chalky and sun-bleached. A beautiful object, with the weight in the hand that the game required.
Photographed honestly, in natural light, exactly as it is. No surprises when your new favourite thing arrives.
Everything we sell is 100% authentic. No reproductions, no replicas.
PS. We ship worldwide. For delivery outside Australia, contact us and we'll come back within a day with the best way to get your new favourite piece to you.
