Top 10 objects from Bedfordshire
There is a total of 1,749 objects from Bedfordshire in the Pitt Rivers Museum. Collections from Bedfordshire in the Museum are dominated by (stone) tools, no other type of object comes close.
|
Class of object |
Number of objects |
Position |
% of total county collection |
|
Tools [definite] |
1,641 |
1 |
93.8 |
|
Specimens |
79 |
2 |
4.5 |
|
Geology |
74 |
3 |
4.2 |
|
Ornaments & beads |
69 |
4 |
3.9 |
|
Technique |
30 |
5 |
1.7 |
|
Fire |
18 |
6 |
1 |
|
Boxes |
15 |
7 |
0.8 |
|
Animalia |
7 |
8 |
0.4 |
|
Tools or weapons |
7 |
8 |
0.4 |
|
Clothing |
5 |
9 |
0.2 |
|
Basketry |
4 |
10 |
0.2 |
|
Textiles |
4 |
10 |
0.2 |
|
Lighting |
3 |
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|
Plant |
2 |
||
|
Trade |
2 |
||
|
Ceremonial |
1 |
||
|
Medicine |
1 |
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|
Pictures |
1 |
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|
Religious artefacts |
1 |
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|
Transport |
1 |
||
|
Weapons |
1 |
Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 92.5 per cent of the Bedfordshire collections are archaeological.
Note: this is all the classes that have related objects in the Bedfordshire collections
You are reminded that all artefacts can be classified as more than one type or class, a drinking cup is classified as both a Vessel and Food.