ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Comparison of English collections to European collections in the Pitt Rivers Museum

England

UK

Europe

Global

All objects

39,978

50,641

73,999

296,981

Ethnographic

14,538

15,303

29,126

162,389

Archaeological

22,916

33,178

42,340

110,988

Other *

2,524

2,160

2,533

23,604

England

% of UK total

% of Europe total

% of Global total

UK

UK % of Europe

Europe

Europe % of Global

Global

All objects

39,978

79

54

13

50,641

68

73,999

25

296,981

Ethnographic

14,538

95

50

9

15,303

53

29,126

18

162,389

Archaeological

22,916

69

54

21

33,178

78

42,340

38

110,988

Other *

2,524

-

-

-

2,160

-

2,533

-

23,604

In other words English ethnographic objects represent 95 per cent of all UK ethnographic objects, and 9 per cent of the entire PRM archaeological collections.

Notes attached to this page:

* Unfortunately the Other category for the UK, European and Global figures in all charts is not calculated on the same basis as for the English collections ( David: link to previous note about English Other ). For this reason they cannot be analysed in the same detail.