SASKATOON — A museum curator in Saskatoon says a bronze bust donated in 1988 once belonged to French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
Tracene (triss-EEN') Harvey says the new information came to light after staff spent more than two decades tracing the bust's history.
She says the 17th-century piece depicts the military commander Hannibal.
Harvey, who is the director of the Museum of Antiquities at the University of Saskatchewan, says the bust is the only original sculpture at the museum.
She says at one point it was auctioned off in New York and now staff are trying to understand how it ended up in Saskatoon, where it was eventually donated to the museum.
Harvey says she can't disclose the appraised value of the piece because it's confidential.
