This book consists of the 37 papers, discussions and posters that were presented at the 1986 Symposium on the care and preservation of ethnological materials in Ottawa, Canada. Conservators from around the world contributed articles to this volume on topics ranging from practical methods of cleaning feathers and skin materials, theoretical concerns in the treatment of ethnographic objects, packing and storage, reassembly of entire native buildings, analysis of deterioration processes, and the application of high technology in ethnographic objects conservation. The book is organized into groups of articles within the following topics: packing and shipping; feathers; skin and leather; conservation in the cultural context; glass and ceramics; investigation and analysis; bark and fibrous materials; wood; Maori buildings; museum reports; poster sessions; workshop sessions and authors' addresses. -- AATA