On a similar note, I had something else odd happen when the chest was first being hauled away from its creator's corpse (damn you, giant cheetah!). It was flashing a different color every few seconds or so, like it was changing colors. It almost seemed like it was intentional, but it's the only artifact I've happened to see being hauled. It's stayed the same color ever since I placed it. Is that part supposed to happen?
Thing is, that's an old fort.. I started a new world with the introduction of the dyes.
Where should I send it?
The older artifacts are all messed up -- but they should still display, so I think the error will still help be fix something.