ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

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

Vessels

18

Reproduction

17

Animal Gear

16

Weapons

16

Technique

15

Textiles

12

Ornaments & beads

7

Currency

6

Lighting

6

Religion

5

Clothing

4

Music

4

Toys & Games

4

Animalia

3

Pictures

3

Transport

3

Carvings

2

Commemoration

2

Fishing

2

Models

2

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.