Extra Large Painted Folk Art Spinning Top original Lehmann Climbing Monkey a symbol of vitality and

a symbol of vitality and prosperity in China

It's the face that really makes this kindly and curious looking cat for me

And what a lot of service he has given over many years--punctured with stick pins on all sides and coming apart at a few of his seams

And what a beautifully drawn tangle of stretching limbs and grabbing hands

Extra Large Painted Folk Art Spinning Top original Lehmann Climbing Monkey a symbol of vitality andAt one point surely there was a string that wrapped around this which one would use to set it spinning, but I like it just as an object now, and rather a patriotic one, too, hand painted red white and blue. It's about as large a wooden top as Ive seen, with a satisfying form and metal disks at either end, meaning it could be wound and spun on either end. Id guess 1940s or so. 6 1 4 l x 3 1 4 d and in good condition.