SOLD Possessed Looking Carved Kangaroo! gouache and colored pencil but someone definitely put some

but someone definitely put some love and effort into this

Virginia to work as a telegrapher

I believe this drawing likely dates to the 1940s

A bit of minor tearing/folding around the edges and toning/foxing/staining as evident

Ink and watercolor on paper

SOLD Possessed Looking Carved Kangaroo! gouache and colored pencil but someone definitely put someIt 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