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 |
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Trade |
2 |
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Ceremonial |
1 |
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Medicine |
1 |
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Pictures |
1 |
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Religious artefacts |
1 |
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Transport |
1 |
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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.