ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Top 10 Cornish objects

There is a total of 62 objects from Cornwall:

 

Class of object

Numbers of objects

Position

Tools [definite]

20

1

Religious artefacts

17

2

Lighting

13

3

Death

9

4

Fishing

9

4

Navigation

9

4

Music

5

5

Pottery

5

5

Vessels

5

5

Dwelling

4

6

Toys & Games

4

6

Ornaments & beads

3

7

Figures

2

8

Food

2

8

Geology

2

8

Specimens

2

8

Textiles

2

8

Transport

2

8

Agriculture

1

9

Boxes

1

9

Children

1

9

Clothing

1

9

Fire

1

9

Insignia

1

9

Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 63 per cent of the Cornish collections are ethnographic

Note: this is all the classes that have related objects in the Cornish 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.