ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

How do the classes of English objects divide between ethnography and archaeology

> Analysis 105

How do the classes of English objects divide between ethnography and archaeology?

Class

Archaeology

Number of objects

Ethnography

Number of objects

Other

Number of objects

All England

Number of objects

Agriculture

6

233

2

241

Animalia

452

72

33

557

Animal Gear

19

369

1

389

Bag

0

115

2

117

Basketry

0

59

1

60

Body Art

0

114

0

114

Box

121

2,005

226

2,352

Carving

2

3

0

5

Ceremonial

0

118

0

118

Children

1

1,481

1

1,483

Clothing

94

1,052

6

1,152

Commemoration

0

169

0

169

Cordage

0

35

1

36

Currency

85

170

0

255

Dance

0

37

0

37

Death

234

218

1

453

Dwelling

63

137

13

213

Fan

1

34

0

35

Figure

28

447

20

495

Fire

38

793

27

859

Fishing

12

199

12

223

Food

50

222

5

277

Geology

139

60

845

1,044

Hunting

0

30

0

30

Insignia

9

309

25

343

Lighting

42

682

11

735

Lock

37

879

2

918

Marriage

0

35

0

35

Mask

0

3

0

3

Measurement

3

445

6

454

Medicine

10

264

10

284

Metallurgy

9

41

13

63

Model

0

92

142

234

Music

12

1,910

3

1,925

Narcotic

15

146

4

165

Navigation

0

86

7

93

Ornament & bead

243

806

78

1,367

Physical Anthropology

224

22

3

249

Picture

3

528

62

593

Plant

83

54

26

163

Pottery

3,925

116

16

4,057

Punishment & Torture

0

26

1

27

Religion

123

495

7

625

Reproduction

0

260

950

1,210

Scientific Apparatus

0

77

3

80

Specimen

261

256

869

1,386

Sport

0

49

0

49

Status

0

61

0

61

Technique

209

781

631

1,621

Textile

141

2,506

5

2,652

Theatre

0

57

0

57

Time

0

55

4

59

Toilet

27

218

6

251

Tool [definite]

15,433

1,976

1,024

18,433

Tool or weapon

1,074

91

357

1,522

Toy & Game

3

2,565

5

2,573

Trade

2

157

26

185

Transport

5

495

27

527

Vessel

775

323

15

1,113

Weapon [definite]

559

838

529

1,926

Writing

19

2,405

12

2,436

Total number of objects

22,916

14,538

2,524

39,978