Top 10 Cambridgeshire Objects
A total of 247 objects come from Cambridgeshire, including a very large collection of keys and locks from Catherine Parsons, who lived in that county (the collection contains locks from other counties as well).
Class of objects |
Number of objects |
Position |
Locks |
102 |
1 |
Tools [definite] |
84 |
2 |
Weapons |
15 |
3 |
Tools or weapons |
15 |
3 |
Ornaments & beads |
12 |
4 |
Boxes |
5 |
5 |
Lighting |
5 |
5 |
Music |
4 |
6 |
Vessels |
4 |
6 |
Food |
3 |
7 |
Textiles |
3 |
7 |
Agriculture |
2 |
8 |
Fire |
2 |
8 |
Pottery |
2 |
8 |
Religious artefacts |
2 |
8 |
Transport |
2 |
8 |
Insignia |
1 |
9 |
Narcotic |
1 |
9 |
Pictures |
1 |
9 |
Toilet |
1 |
9 |
Toys & Games |
1 |
9 |
Trade |
1 |
9 |
Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 51 per cent is archaeological, 49 per cent ethnographic
Note: this is all the classes that have related objects in the Cambridgeshire 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.