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Characteristics of the Essex collections

 

These tables show the numbers of objects from Essex for particular categories.

The County Ranking gives the relative size of of this category compared to all other English counties, so a county ranking of 4 for Total Size means that this is the county with the fourth largest number of objects.

By comparing the ranking of other categories to the ranking for total size, you can get a sense of relative significance of certain sorts of objects. If a county ranks 10th for Total Size but ranks 4th for the number of its Ethnography objects it is "playing above its weight" in this category. This might suggest this is an area of interest or concentration in this county.

 

Totals

 

 

Category	Objects	County Ranking
Total Size	1007	11
Ethnography	736	4
Archaeology	173	15
Other	98	6

 

Object Types

 

This table attempts the same sort of listing as that above, but groups the objects into categories for types of object.

This makes it possible to see not only the size of different sorts of collections, but also how large they are relative to the same categories for other counties. Again comparing the ranking to the overall county ranking can suggest the importance of particular categories of object.

 

Category	Objects	County Ranking
Clothing	361	1
Tool only	300	14
Textile	236	3
Technique	126	4
Specimen	98	5
Geology	94	4
Reproduction	84	4
Ornament & Beadwork	75	4
Children	65	2
Toilet	47	1
Lock	44	4
Bag	39	1
Box	36	8

 

 

Ethnography Collections

 

This table does the same, only with the Archaeology and Other objects excluded.

This mainly means excluding stone tools, but also pot sherds and reproduction items.

 

Category	Objects	County Ranking
Clothing	361	1
Textile	235	3
Tool only	85	3
Ornament & Beadwork	75	3
Children	65	2
Toilet	47	1
Lock	44	4
Technique	42	5
Bag	39	1
Box	36	8
Writing	29	6
Measure	24	4
Currency	23	2
Trade	23	1
Ceremonial	14	3

 

Essex	London	Oxfordshire	Somerset	Yorkshire
Essex Collections by Size and Rank	London Collections by Size and Rank	Oxfordshire Collections by Size and Rank	Somerset Collections by Size and Rank	Yorkshire Collections by Size and Rank
Understanding peaks in collections for Essex	Understanding peaks in collections for London	Understanding peaks in collections for Oxfordshire	Understanding peaks in collections for Somerset	Understanding peaks in collections for Yorkshire
Major Donors for Essex	Major Donors for London	Major Donors for Oxfordshire	Major Donors for Somerset	Major Donors for Yorkshire