ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Class

Number of objects 1945 [English collections]

Number of objects 2006 [English collections]

% of 2006 collections obtained by end 1945

Number of objects 1945 [global collections]

Number of objects 2006 [global collections]

% of 2006 collections obtained by end 1945

Agriculture

165

241

68.4

1,374

2,056

66.8

Animalia

319

557

57.2

3,181

4,647

68.4

Animal Gear

167

389

42.9

1,326

2,307

57.4

Bags

67

117

57.2

1,744

3,115

55.9

Basketry

27

60

45

4,235

6,243

67.8

Body Art

6

114

5.2

1,321

2,005

65.8

Boxes

860

2,352

36.5

4,645

8,713

53.3

Carvings

5

5

100

134

181

74

Ceremonial

44

118

37.2

2,761

5,333

51.7

Children

57

1,483

3.8

1,473

6,766

21.7

Clothing

312

1,152

27

6,846

12,982

52.7

Commemoration

10

169

5.9

285

542

52

Cordage

14

36

38.8

1,244

1,836

67.7

Currency

65

255

25.4

3,995

5,641

70.8

Dance

24

37

64.8

1,120

1,797

62.3

Death

126

453

27.8

4,843

6,898

70.2

Dwellings

100

213

46.9

1,742

3,752

46.4

Fans

15

35

42.8

334

631

52.9

Figures

113

495

22.8

9,571

16,892

56.6

Fire

635

859

73.9

2,946

3,536

83.3

Fishing

73

223

32.7

2,654

3,334

79.6

Food

230

277

83

4,907

8,116

60.4

Geology

803

1,044

76.9

2,910

3,359

86.6

Hunting

22

30

73.3

1,786

2,684

66.5

Insignia

90

343

26.2

894

1,860

48

Lighting

531

735

72.2

2,516

3,219

78.1

Locks

80

918

8.7

357

1,709

20.8

Marriage

18

35

51.4

293

928

31.5

Masks

2

3

66

525

801

65.5

Measurement

224

454

49.3

3,325

4,811

69.1

Medicine

96

284

33.8

1,774

2,667

66.5

Metallurgy

16

63

25.3

548

731

74.9

Models

67

234

28.6

2,306

3,670

62.8

Music

310

1,925

16.1

6,038

10,167

59.3

Narcotic

116

165

70.3

3,701

5,189

71.3

Navigation

48

93

51.6

1,397

1,711

81.6

Ornaments & beads

386

1,367

28.2

21,345

44,133

48.3

Physical Anthropology

104

249

41.7

1,303

1,573

82.8

Pictures

358

593

60.3

2,369

6,911

34.2

Plants

153

163

93.8

2,433

4,597

52.9

Pottery

3,564

4,057

87.8

12,597

19,238

65.4

Punishment & Torture

22

27

81.4

253

450

56.2

Religion

295

625

47.2

15,125

26,952

56.1

Reproduction

717

1210

59.2

2,274

2,854

79.6

Scientific Apparatus

9

80

11.2

27

99

27.2

Specimens

909

1,386

65.5

6,722

11,782

57

Sport

21

49

42.8

238

335

71

Status

17

61

27.8

2,941

4,631

63.5

Technique

596

1,621

36.7

2,990

4,711

63.4

Textiles

1,436

2,652

54.1

5,755

10,472

54.9

Theatre

8

57

14

390

711

54.8

Time

39

59

66.1

193

255

75.6

Toilet

88

251

35

2,017

3,118

64.6

Tools [definite]

11,756

18,433

63.7

57,750

94,764

60.9

Tools or weapons

1,209

1,522

79.4

10,709

14,769

72.5

Toys & Games

271

2,573

10.5

5,645

12,144

46.4

Trade

49

185

26.4

2,800

10,001

27.9

Transport

113

527

21.4

1,563

2,732

57.2

Vessels

705

1,113

63.3

7,463

12,465

59.8

Weapons [definite]

1,373

1,926

71.2

22,085

27,105

81.4

Writing

516

2,436

21.1

3,670

9,318

39.3

Total number of objects

22,544

39,978

56.3

179,825

296,981

60.5