ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Explore the database of all the people associated with the Pitt Rivers English collections. This gives information about their lives; their education, careers, place of residence, and their network of friends and colleagues. Select the first letter of their surname from the list below.

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James Keggie

Career Dealer

Biography Dealer of museum objects, London. He had stand in Portobello Road for over 30 years. He started out selling musical instruments but became a general dealer [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 02/02/2007]

Biography References "Provenance: Twelve collectors of ethnographic art in England 1760-1990" H. Waterfield and J.C.H. King Somogy Art Publishers Barbier-Mueller Museum 2006

Clubs & Societies Royal Anthropological Institute [& earlier manifestations]

County London [Greater]

Relationship Other Owner / PRM Source

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1949

Dates active 1901-1985

Donated around 1949

English collections Chromatic set of 13 tuning forks, free reed instrument

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based No

Portrait link "Provenance: Twelve collectors of ethnographic art in England 1760-1990" H Waterfield and JCH King Somogy Art Publishers Barbier-Mueller Museum 2006

English collection size 2

Connections Thomas Kenneth Penniman / Keith Prowse & Co.