Top 10 objects from Kent
There is a total of 1,899 objects from Kent in the Pitt Rivers Museum:
|
Class of object |
Number of objects |
Position |
% of total county collection |
|
Tools [definite] |
1,028 |
1 |
54 |
|
Pottery |
590 |
2 |
31 |
|
Geology |
166 |
3 |
8.7 |
|
Specimens |
165 |
4 |
8.6 |
|
Writing |
86 |
5 |
4.5 |
|
Measurement |
83 |
6 |
4.3 |
|
Agriculture |
81 |
7 |
4.2 |
|
Tools or weapons |
78 |
8 |
4.1 |
|
Locks |
24 |
9 |
1.2 |
|
Fire |
21 |
10 |
1.1 |
|
Boxes |
19 |
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|
Vessels |
18 |
||
|
Reproduction |
17 |
||
|
Animal Gear |
16 |
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|
Weapons |
16 |
||
|
Technique |
15 |
||
|
Textiles |
12 |
||
|
Ornaments & beads |
7 |
||
|
Currency |
6 |
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|
Lighting |
6 |
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|
Religion |
5 |
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|
Clothing |
4 |
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|
Music |
4 |
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|
Toys & Games |
4 |
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|
Animalia |
3 |
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|
Pictures |
3 |
||
|
Transport |
3 |
||
|
Carvings |
2 |
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|
Commemoration |
2 |
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|
Fishing |
2 |
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|
Models |
2 |
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|
Narcotics |
2 |
||
|
Death |
1 |
||
|
Medicine |
1 |
||
|
Physical Anthropology |
1 |
||
|
Plant |
1 |
Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 81 per cent of the Kent collections are archaeological
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.