ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Top 10 objects from Norfolk

There is a total of 812 objects from Norfolk:

Class of object

Numbers of objects

Position

Tools [definite]

642

1

Boxes

100

2

Tools or weapons

54

3

Weapons

39

4

Locks

20

5

Specimens

19

6

Technique

19

6

Geology

17

7

Textile

17

7

Animalia

12

8

Religion

11

9

Figures

8

10

Music

8

10

Toys & Games

7

Reproduction

6

Children

5

Pottery

4

Vessels

5

Fire

3

Models

3

Transport

3

Currency

2

Measurement

2

Sport

2

Lighting

1

Medicine

1

Navigation

1

Trade

1

Writing

1

Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 88.5 per cent of Norfolk 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.