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of Ottawa and Gatineau rivers in search of sites of Indian habitation, 
and a small Algonkian site was discovered on the banks of the Gatineau 
near Chelsea, Quebec. 
A series of special exhibits illustrating some of the finer phases of 
aboriginal art was placed in the west hall of anthropology. These exhibits 
are highly suggestive to commercial artists seeking something distinctively 
Canadian and have attracted much attention. They include: 
Fine basketry 
Wood carving 
Native beads 
European beads 
Wampum 
Plaques 
Jade 
Black slate 
W ork in silver 
Work in copper 
Work in ivory 
Work in stone 
Fakes and frauds 
Pottery pipes 
Painting 
Porcupine-quill work 
Two special collections of material were assembled for exhibit outside, 
one for the Boy’s Hobby Show at the Young Men’s Christian Association, 
Ottawa, and one for the Sparks Street window of the Canadian Pacific 
Railway ticket office, Ottawa. Assistance was given the Geological Survey 
in the planning and preparation of an exhibit in the coal section to show the 
application of aniline dyes. 
No large loans were made during the year, but numerous demands 
from the Normal and public schools for material for object lessons were 
met. 
Mr. Douglas Leechman, owing to the large amount of work in con- 
nexion with the setting up of exhibits and preparing labels for the same, 
sorting and accessioning new material such as the Dr. H. M. Ami collection 
of archaeological material from France, making monthly inspection of all 
specimens in storage and on exhibition to guard against losses from insect 
pests, and the cleaning, preservation, and repair of specimens collected 
many years ago, found little time for research work. He succeeded, how- 
ever, in developing a new method of preventing the distortion of wooden 
specimens found in water or swamps; he avoids the use of chemicals which 
subsequently have to be eliminated. Few such specimens reach this 
museum, but the method is of distinct value. 
At the request of the National Research Council some work was done 
on the removal of green stains from bronze statuary. No precise infor- 
mation has been received as to the method finally adopted, but it is believed 
that one of the methods suggested by this division has been used. 
An ultra-violet lamp has been constructed and has proved to be of 
value. By its aid, faded labels and specimen numbers are rendered more 
legible; the use of iron in anthropological specimens, thus proving them 
post-European, is easily detected; aniline dyes are rendered evident in 
many cases; faking and retouching of specimens is shown; various fibres 
can be distinguished one from another; and pathological conditions in 
bones and teeth are sometimes revealed. Such lamps have already been 
employed in art museums, but this is believed to be the first time ultra- 
violet light has been employed in anthropology. 
