ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

English objects by class and decade

 

Class

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Agriculture

3

14

60

93

5

26

27

3

4

5

0

1

0

Animalia

140

3

30

46

6

239

10

1

14

15

52

1

0

Animal Gear

86

9

25

43

130

17

26

39

10

0

1

0

3

Bag

2

0

5

15

4

13

53

9

6

1

5

2

2

Basketry

0

4

4

16

0

1

9

3

1

0

7

8

7

Body Art

0

2

0

2

0

1

5

0

2

2

0

0

100

Box

36

5

112

133

9

375

847

161

240

84

32

211

107

Carving

3

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ceremonial

9

0

2

5

0

6

37

1

17

3

33

0

5

Children

1

7

7

13

9

20

121

22

24

0

3

252

1005

Clothing

132

78

10

36

9

5

535

176

125

3

8

14

24

Commemoration

2

0

1

2

5

0

10

3

140

2

2

0

2

Cordage

13

0

0

2

1

5

4

11

0

0

0

0

0

Currency

16

8

8

20

6

62

53

8

26

29

3

6

10

Dance

0

10

5

2

1

5

4

0

0

0

8

1

0

Death

195

7

28

7

6

3

69

7

128

0

0

2

1

Dwelling

68

3

6

6

1

18

16

9

67

3

6

1

9

Fan

1

0

0

0

0

1

21

7

3

0

2

0

0

Figure

39

2

8

21

16

20

32

271

21

7

46

8

4

Fire

33

2

23

86

5

452

53

100

98

1

1

0

4

Fishing

17

10

19

11

9

4

102

2

2

1

0

44

0

Food

58

18

15

74

8

25

37

13

9

1

9

0

10

Geology

72

6

129

196

30

61

504

13

14

16

1

0

1

Hunting

1

6

2

6

2

5

2

2

0

0

0

3

0

Insignia

5

2

2

5

1

15

97

56

70

44

37

6

3

Lighting

22

5

5

36

0

382

65

17

183

0

1

0

18

Lock

16

11

10

34

1

6

4

830

4

0

0

2

0

Marriage

2

0

1

0

0

0

28

1

2

0

0

1

0

Mask

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Measurement

8

19

49

107

15

47

110

24

12

53

1

4

4

Medicine

0

15

29

37

5

7

102

2

18

1

1

0

67

Metallurgy

13

0

1

0

0

4

23

18

1

1

0

2

0

Model

42

8

5

6

3

3

129

2

7

3

15

5

5

Music

18

9

65

25

10

167

81

48

64

1

399

36

1,001

Narcotic

20

2

0

47

8

29

23

11

20

0

2

3

0

Navigation

38

11

2

7

2

5

11

3

0

5

3

5

2

Ornament & bead

59

28

78

58

138

79

437

71

219

94

43

12

51

Physical Anthropology

224

1

1

3

4

1

5

0

3

1

0

5

0

Picture

6

5

2

5

5

27

266

10

13

1

2

249

2

Plant

86

7

5

30

3

8

1

1

1

6

3

0

0

Pottery

3,540

20

68

16

83

71

26

33

44

19

54

11

9

Punishment & Torture

6

1

3

1

2

4

9

0

1

0

0

0

0

Religion

99

35

41

83

13

28

82

10

87

11

40

6

90

Reproduction

23

257

10

302

22

158

371

6

4

8

10

6

7

Scientific Apparatus

0

0

0

1

2

4

3

16

2

49

0

0

0

Specimen

193

28

121

198

21

84

529

74

18

83

1

0

31

Sport

0

3

1

7

3

8

1

2

0

0

13

8

3

Status

9

0

1

3

3

1

29

6

3

0

2

4

0

Technique

10

24

17

85

31

157

751

90

333

84

5

13

33

Textile

98

182

25

339

160

15

1,422

259

29

1

13

3

106

Theatre

0

0

0

1

0

0

6

1

2

0

44

3

0

Time

0

8

1

15

2

11

9

7

2

3

0

0

1

Toilet

28

10

13

29

4

15

78

21

19

0

0

2

32

Tool [definite]

1,736

546

2,218

3,336

5,044

1,093

1,449

300

943

109

76

1,401

119

Tool or weapon

390

248

60

94

230

173

53

8

226

3

13

12

1

Toy & Game

33

34

255

329

6

10

77

331

150

15

214

22

1,099

Trade

10

1

3

16

5

23

54

3

4

30

0

21

15

Transport

15

31

13

11

10

12

50

3

370

2

4

11

7

Vessel

675

32

39

43

57

43

42

22

66

16

4

19

55

Weapon [definite]

267

169

129

150

271

381

131

35

28

4

30

250

32

Writing

39

17

61

115

16

109

305

82

440

12

57

43

1,151

Class

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s