ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

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Characteristics of the Yorkshire collections

 

These tables show the numbers of objects from Yorkshire 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

791

14

Ethnography

193

8

Archaeology

584

11

Other

14

13


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

Tool only

528

11

Tool & Weapon

77

6

Textile

45

7

Lock

38

5

Geology

36

10

Ornament & Beadwork

31

7

Weapon only

31

6

Specimen

29

10

Religion

28

5

Toy & Game

14

4

Writing

10

10

Death

10

5

Currency

10

4


 

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

Currency

10

4

Figure

8

5

Tool & Weapon

8

2

Fire

7

14

Specimen

7

5

Clothing

6

8

Geology

6

8

Weapon only

5

6

Box

4

20

Food

4

13

Animalia

4

6

Animal Gear

4

9

Toilet

4

5

Music

3

15

Measure

3

14

Agriculture

3

13

Reproduction

3

4

Vessel

3

10

Narcotic

3

5

Time

3

2

Bag

3

6

Navigation

3

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