Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Sculpture of Strongman Louis Cyr lead One example

One example

I'm kind of obsessed with this old handmade whisk broom

possibly by the same artist

including some 85 wood and brass parts

Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Sculpture of Strongman Louis Cyr lead One exampleAt first I was thinking of this guy as a sort of beefy bathing beauty (!), but thanks to a handy attribution written by his maker on the back of the base, I realized he is famous Canadian strongman Louis Cyr (1863 1912), whose recorded feats included lifting 500 pounds with one finger and backlifting 4,337 pounds! Born Cyprien No Cyr in Saint Cyprien de Napierville, Quebec, Cyr changed his name to Louis when his family moved to Lowell, Massachusetts