What are the most common counties from which objects came?
Agriculture
Kentish agriculturally related artefacts dominate that class. There is also a numerically significant collection from Oxfordshire.
Animalia
Is mostly from Devon, Oxfordshire and Somerset but especially Sussex.
Animal Gear
is dominated by objects from London and Oxfordshire.
Bags
Are utterly dominated by artefacts from Essex.
Basketry
Oxfordshire is the dominant county
Ornaments and beads
Are dominated by Buckinghamshire, Dorset, London and (to a lesser extent) Bedfordshire and Essex
Body Art
Is dominated by collections from Oxfordshire (mostly acquired when the new Body Art displays at the Museum were being prepared in the late 1990s.
Boxes
The most dominant counties, are Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Oxfordshire and Surrey
Carving
Only Kent and Surrey have carvings
Ceremonial
Only Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex. Hertfordshire, Greater London, Oxfordshire and Sussex have ceremonial items
Children
Greater London and Essex have the largest number of items associated with children
Clothing
Collections from Essex dominate this class of object
Commemoration
The only commemorative items come from Kent, Greater London and Yorkshire
Cordage
The only cordage related items come from Essex, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Sussex
Currency
Currency items from Dorset dominate this class
Dance
Oxfordshire dominates this class with small numbers from Gloucestershire and Devon.
Death
The majority of items in this category come from Gloucestershire and Sussex
Dwelling
Most Dwelling-related items come from Sussex, smaller amounts come from Dorset and London amongst others
Fan
Fans only come from Essex, London and Oxfordshire
Figure
The largest number of figures come from Worcestershire
Fire
Greater London is the foremost location for obtaining fire related items followed by Oxfordshire
Fishing
Most fishing items come from Oxfordshire (strangely given it is an inland county)
Food
Oxfordshire and Suffolk are the most common counties for food objects to come from, but many counties have some food related items
Geology
Most of the geological specimens come from Bedfordshire, Essex, Kent, London, and Surrey
Hunting
Hunting objects were only obtained from Essex, LOndon, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire and Yorkshire
Insignia
Most insignia came from London, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire
Lighting
Most lighting came from Oxfordshire
Locks
Most locks came from Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire
Marriage
The most marriage related items came from Oxfordshire
Mask
The only mask is from Hampshire, there are two other masks in the English collection but they are not provenanced beyond being from England.
Measurement
Kent and Buckinghamshire are the source of most of the measuring artefacts
Medicine
Most medicines and medical accessories came from Oxfordshire or London
Metallurgy
Hertfordshire dominates the small metallurgical collections
Model
London dominates the models
Music
London and Oxfordshire have the largest collections of musical instruments
Narcotic
London and Oxfordshire have the largest collections of narcotic related material
Navigation
In very small overall collections, Devon, Lincolnshire and London dominate the navigation collections
Physical Anthropology
London and Sussex dominate the human remains collections
Picture
London and Oxfordshire have the largest collections of pictures
Plant
Most plant specimens come from Sussex
Pottery
The largest proportion of pottery comes from Sussex, followed by London and Kent
Punishment and Torture
Oxfordshire is the place most punishment and torture related artefacts come from in PRM English collections
Religion
Religious artefacts are dominated by ones from Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset
Reproductions
Are dominated by objects from London and Suffolk (mostly created by gunflint makers from Suffolk and Alfred Schwartz Barnes)
Scientific Apparatus
Scientific apparatus is dominated by objects from London
Specimen
Specimens of various kinds are mostly from London and Surrey
Sport
The few sport objects there are are dominated by ones from London
Status
Status related artefacts are mostly from Essex and Oxfordshire
Technique
Items that are technique related are dominated by items from London and Somerset
Textile
Many textiles come from Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (mostly lace)
Theatre
One item each from London and Oxfordshire
Time
Most time related items come from London
Toilet
Most come from Essex, London and Oxfordshire
Definite tools
This is by far the most dominant class and is dominated in turn by tools made of stone. Oxfordshire has most stone tools followed by
Suffolk, Wiltshire and Bedfordshire
Toys and Games
Most come from London and are concentrated into a few board games (each piece is numbered separately)
Trade
The largest number of trade items come from Sufffolk and London
Transport
Most come from Somerset, part of one collection of tools used by a wheelwright
Vessels
Most come from London
Definite weapons
Suffolk is the most common county for weapons to come from (dominated by stone weapons)
Writing
The largest number of writing related artefacts come from Somerset from one collection of printing related material. The next largest is from London
Tools and weapons
Oxfordshire, Suffolk and Sussex dominate these collections.
Note: There are no headhunting and barkcloth related artefacts in the English collections.