"Bullock Cart Wheel" Sculpture, Pitt Street

Bullock Cart Wheel (GPS: 5.41962, 100.33971) is a steel-rod sculpture erected on the wall facing Pitt Street, in George Town, Penang. It is based on a caricature by Reggie Lee for the Marking George Town project.

The Bullock Cart Wheel sculpture provides two different historical insights. The first is with regards the stretch of Pitt Street, which was where bullock carts used to be parked as late as the early 20th century. The second, as depicted with the ½-cent Straits Settlement coin, in an idiom in Penang Hokkien. Bullock Cart Wheel, or Gu₃ Chia₃ Lean₄ is a description of a stingy person, whose ½-cent is the size of wheel of a bullock cart.

Bullock Cart Wheel Sculpture, Pitt Street, George Town (1 July 2012)


Close-up of the Bullock Cart Wheel sculpture (1 July 2012)

The "Bullock Cart Wheel" Sculpture is on the Map of Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (Pitt Street), Penang

List of Steel-Rod Sculptures by Reggie Lee, Marking George Town Sculptures and Penang Street Art