SOLD Possessed Looking Carved Kangaroo! gouache and colored pencil Ink and watercolor on paper

Ink and watercolor on paper

There is a little hole at the center of the decorative cutout at top by which it could be pinned directly to the wall

This particular copy has an interesting provenance

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

SOLD Possessed Looking Carved Kangaroo! gouache and colored pencil Ink and watercolor on paperIt 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