A revitalized legend pole watches over students at the University of Victoria quad after a rededication ceremony Sept. 12.

The S,YEWE legend pole (also known as the Elliott pole) was rededicated as part of UVicB次元官网网址檚 Indigenous Week of Welcome.

The pole, by carver Charles Elliott of the Tsartlip First Nation, was raised in 1990 to mark the Learned Societies conference at UVic.

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Four years ago staff noticed rot in the base of the pole, said Royal BC Museum conservator George Field and Legacy Art GalleriesB次元官网网址� Director Mary Jo Hughes.

They discovered the work was sitting directly on a concrete pad where rainwater pooled and was pulled up into the wood.

Under the direction of the artist, Elliott, carver John Livingston trimmed and restored the lower section of the work.

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Read more about the S,YEWE legend of the couple who angered the Creator and wound up struck by a rock that turned them to stone .