SOLD Possessed Looking Carved Kangaroo! gouache and colored pencil I believe this drawing likely

I believe this drawing likely dates to the 1940s

This particular copy has an interesting provenance

Ink and watercolor on paper

and one of my favorite things about some of them are their plated cedar bark bottoms--so I was sold immediately upon finding this one

SOLD Possessed Looking Carved Kangaroo! gouache and colored pencil I believe this drawing likelyIt took me a moment to place this curious creature, but I'm pretty certain its meant to be a kangaroo. And rather a possessed looking one too, though I think really just in need of some love! And actually, as I look at photographs of kangaroo as I write this, I might say this carver did manage to capture some of their strangeness fairly well and perhaps this one is meant to be a protective mother! Incidentally, the terms for male and female kangaroos