Authenticity of stone carving at Royal B.C. Museum questioned
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Feb 2, 2021 at 3:58 am EDT
VICTORIA — A Victoria-area First Nation chief says he has been assured by the Royal B.C. Museum that steps will be taken to determine how a stone pillar declared to be an Indigenous artifact may be the recent work of a local artist.
Ron Sam of the Songhees First Nation says he was called last July when workers pulled the 100-kilogram pillar with a face off the beach.
After the story was made public last week, an artist came forward to media outlets saying he made the pillar and it disappeared off the beach where he was carving it four years ago.