Please note: the dimensions for the owl pendant are 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 inches. On verso the pendant is titled and inscribed with Carr's Klee Wyck symbol.

The dimensions for the candlestick holder are 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 inches. On verso the work is signed Klee Wyck.

Both works are framed together in a frame that measures 13 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.

Emily Carr, to supplement her income, produced crafts such as hooked rugs and pottery. For the pottery, she used clay that she dug herself from locations such as Dallas Road in Victoria. In a homemade kiln in her back yard, she fired her hand-built clay objects, which included candlesticks, totems, bowls, pots, lamps and this rare pendant. These single-fired objects were then painted with a variety of Indigenous motifs. She often signed her clay objects Klee Wyck or with her Klee Wyck symbol as seen on the candlestick. The name was name given to her by the Nuu-chah-nulth people of western Vancouver Island, which meant “Laughing One.”

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