ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Top 10 objects from Buckinghamshire

There is a total of 1,183 objects from Buckinghamshire, most are textiles - specifically lace related artefacts.

Class of object

Numbers of objects

Position

Textiles

1014

1

Tools [definite]

465

2

Boxes

229

3

Ornaments & beads

159

4

Technique

92

5

Measurement

56

6

Writing

42

7

Fire

29

8

Children

26

9

Pictures

21

10

Music

15

Clothing

12

Lighting

12

Vessels

7

Pottery

6

Specimens

6

Agriculture

5

Ceremonial

5

Models

4

Currency

3

Basketry

2

Food

2

Time

2

Toilet

2

Toys & Games

2

Weapons

2

Animalia

1

Body Art

1

Figures

1

Locks

1

Navigation

1

Religion

1

Transport

1

Tools or weapons

1

Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 97 per cent of the Buckinghamshire collections are ethnographic

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.