ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

How do the English collections dominate the UK collections by decade

> Analysis 204

How do the English collections dominate the UK collections by decade?

UK is totally dominated by collections from England right through to the 2000s, so only one decade's material has been prepared, as an example:

 

Class

England 1880s

England as %of UK 1880s

UK

1880s

Europe 1880s

Global 1880s

Agriculture

3

75

4

29

99

Animalia

140

99.2

141

207

310

Animal Gear

86

85.1

101

213

372

Bag

2

100

2

8

253

Basketry

0

-

0

8

771

Body Art

0

-

0

9

107

Box

36

100

36

90

423

Carving

3

100

3

29

57

Ceremonial

9

60

15

62

447

Children

1

100

1

48

216

Clothing

132

94.2

140

285

1058

Commemoration

2

100

2

6

20

Cordage

13

100

13

26

573

Currency

16

94.1

17

39

285

Dance

0

0

6

6

90

Death

195

98.9

197

229

1110

Dwelling

68

100

68

79

246

Fan

1

100

1

1

66

Figure

39

68.4

57

411

2011

Fire

33

91.6

36

41

164

Fishing

17

65.3

26

121

786

Food

58

78.3

74

126

706

Geology

72

100

72

102

182

Hunting

1

100

1

38

575

Insignia

5

83.3

6

43

142

Lighting

22

91.6

24

77

177

Lock

16

100

16

55

60

Marriage

2

100

2

5

15

Mask

0

-

0

0

134

Measurement

8

10.3

77

92

179

Medicine

0

0

5

27

108

Metallurgy

13

100

13

13

63

Model

42

87.5

48

152

661

Music

18

85.7

21

57

691

Narcotic

20

64.5

31

48

355

Navigation

38

92.6

41

122

542

Ornament & bead

59

43.3

136

610

2323

Physical Anthropology

224

99.5

225

337

612

Picture

6

100

6

20

157

Plant

86

100

86

118

328

Pottery

3,540

99.1

3,570

4040

4687

Punishment & Torture

6

100

6

19

48

Religion

99

77.3

128

392

2243

Reproduction

23

100

23

73

134

Scientific Apparatus

0

-

0

0

1

Specimen

193

99.4

194

238

856

Sport

0

0

3

3

37

Status

9

81.8

11

24

180

Technique

10

100

10

14

119

Textile

98

90.7

108

201

594

Theatre

0

-

0

0

108

Time

0

-

0

6

10

Toilet

28

63.6

44

91

429

Tool [definite]

1,736

85.8

2,021

3046

4289

Tool or weapon

390

55.7

699

1520

2704

Toy & Game

33

91.6

36

168

1267

Trade

10

100

10

18

114

Transport

15

100

15

47

315

Vessel

675

94.9

711

1001

1769

Weapon [definite]

267

85

314

688

4170

Writing

39

34.8

112

199

651