Emile Bluteau " Man and His Bear" Canadian Folk Art Sculpture Chinese canton 3 3/8" tall x 1

3 3/8" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 7/8" deep

I just love the linear patterns and texture created by the painstakingly cut and laid matchsticks

Just a sweet little wooden dog pin

2 1/2" wide

Emile Bluteau " Man and His Bear" Canadian Folk Art Sculpture Chinese canton 3 3/8" tall x 1It seems quite Canadian that it should be a black bear rather than a dog that our man here is so lovingly patting, and the French title "L'Homme avec son ours" (Man with his bear) written on the underside perfectly articulates the best friend status of this particular bear! It's the wonderful work of Emile Bluteau (1931 ?), a well known Quebecois folk artist, who began carving in the late 70s, first birds and then "the human condition in all its moods