Top 10 objects from Essex
There is just over a thousand objects from Essex in the Pitt Rivers Museum's collections (1007). Of these tools, especially stone tools, and clothing and textiles dominate:
|
Class of object |
Number of objects |
Position |
|
Clothing |
361 |
1 |
|
Tools [definite] |
300 |
2 |
|
Textiles |
236 |
3 |
|
Technique |
126 |
4 |
|
Specimens |
98 |
5 |
|
Geology |
94 |
6 |
|
Reproductions |
84 |
7 |
|
Ornaments & beads |
75 |
8 |
|
Children |
65 |
9 |
|
Bags |
39 |
10 |
|
Boxes |
36 |
|
|
Writing |
30 |
|
|
Measurement |
24 |
|
|
Currency |
23 |
|
|
Trade |
23 |
|
|
Ceremonial |
14 |
|
|
Plant |
14 |
|
|
Pottery |
14 |
|
|
Animalia |
13 |
|
|
Insignia |
12 |
|
|
Agriculture |
10 |
|
|
Fishing |
10 |
|
|
Religious artefacts |
8 |
|
|
Status |
8 |
|
|
Fans |
7 |
|
|
Lighting |
7 |
|
|
Marriage |
7 |
|
|
Vessels |
7 |
|
|
Toys & Games |
6 |
|
|
Transport |
6 |
|
|
Food |
5 |
|
|
Animal Gear |
4 |
|
|
Figures |
4 |
|
|
Weapons |
4 |
|
|
Basketry |
3 |
|
|
Fire |
3 |
|
|
Medicine |
2 |
|
|
Body Art |
1 |
|
|
Cordage |
1 |
|
|
Hunting |
1 |
|
|
Models |
1 |
|
|
Physical Anthropology |
1 |
|
|
Sport |
1 |
Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 73 per cent of the Essex 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.