N.B. each figure is rounded up or down to the nearest whole number
|
Type of object |
OXCMS Number of objects |
% of OXCMS soc. hist. colls. Oxon. [48,529] * |
PRM Number of objects |
% of PRM ethno. colls. Oxon. [7,040] ** |
|
Agriculture |
723 |
1 |
36 |
1 |
|
Animalia |
185 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Animal Gear |
960 |
2 |
88 |
1 |
|
Archery Weapon |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Armour Weapon |
7 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Bag |
335 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
|
Basketry |
131 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
Bead |
13 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Body Art |
2 |
0 |
71 |
1 |
|
Box |
995 |
2 |
209 |
3 |
|
Carving |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ceremonial |
16 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
Children |
967 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
|
Clothing |
4,202 |
9 |
74 |
1 |
|
Cordage |
35 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Currency |
792 |
2 |
14 |
0 |
|
Dance |
14 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
|
Death |
48 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
|
Dwelling |
1,277 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
|
Fan |
27 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Figure |
125 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
|
Fire |
374 |
1 |
119 |
2 |
|
Firearm Weapon |
109 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
|
Fishing |
22 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
Food |
2,326 |
5 |
43 |
1 |
|
Food-gathering |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Furniture Dwelling |
728 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
|
Geology |
57 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Hunting |
74 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
Insignia |
1,487 |
3 |
82 |
1 |
|
Lighting |
438 |
1 |
188 |
3 |
|
Lock |
145 |
0 |
77 |
1 |
|
Marriage |
66 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
|
Mask |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Measurement |
550 |
1 |
17 |
0 |
|
Medicine |
103 |
0 |
58 |
1 |
|
Metallurgy |
162 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Model |
113 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Music |
294 |
1 |
227 |
3 |
|
Narcotic |
490 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
|
Navigation |
79 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Ornament |
428 |
1 |
63 |
1 |
|
Photograph |
9,346 |
19 |
5,110 |
72 |
|
Physical Anthropology |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
Picture |
1,760 |
4 |
91 |
1 |
|
Plant |
17 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
Pottery |
744 |
2 |
18 |
0 |
|
Punishment and Torture |
42 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
|
Religion |
66 |
0 |
74 |
1 |
|
Reproduction |
436 |
1 |
82 |
1 |
|
Scientific Apparatus |
140 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
Specimen |
255 |
0 |
52 |
1 |
|
Sport |
40 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
Status |
196 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
|
Technique |
0 |
0 |
96 |
1 |
|
Textile |
3,304 |
7 |
510 |
7 |
|
Theatre |
12 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Time |
142 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Toilet |
365 |
1 |
33 |
0 |
|
Tool |
9,038 |
19 |
253 |
4 |
|
Toy & Game |
1,742 |
4 |
139 |
2 |
|
Trade |
251 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
|
Transport |
343 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
|
Vessel |
3,826 |
8 |
66 |
1 |
|
Weapon |
297 |
1 |
43 |
1 |
|
Writing |
6,280 |
13 |
106 |
2 |
|
Unknown |
262 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Commentary:
Proportionally the social history collections at OXCMS from Oxfordshire have far more clothing in them (9 per cent compared to 1 per cent). Food items are also more important (5 to 1). Tools are much more prevalent in the OXCMS collections than the PRM Oxfordshire ones (19 to 4). Vessels are also more important (8 to 1), as are writing related artefacts (13 to 2).
Proportionally, lighting and musical instruments are more important in the PRM ethnography collections than at OXCMS (3 to 1). Photographs are a far more important part of the PRM collections than at OXCMS.
* This figure is made up of 39,183 social history objects and 9,346 photographs etc in the OXCMS collections.
** This figure is made up of 1,930 ethnographic objects and 5,110 photographs of Oxfordshire in the PRM collections