Top 10 English types of objects
There are a total of 39,978 English objects of which slightly more than half are (mostly stone) tools.
|
Class of object |
Number of objects |
% of overall English collections |
Position |
|
Tools |
18,433 |
46.1 |
1 |
|
Pottery |
4,057 |
10.1 |
2 |
|
Textiles |
2,652 |
6.6 |
3 |
|
Toys & Games |
2,573 |
6.4 |
4 |
|
Writing |
2,436 |
6 |
5 |
|
Boxes |
2,352 |
5.8 |
6 |
|
Weapons |
1,926 |
4.8 |
7 |
|
Music |
1,925 |
4.8 |
8 |
|
Technique |
1,621 |
4 |
9 |
|
Tools or weapons |
1,522 |
3.8 |
10 |
|
Children |
1,483 |
3.7 |
|
|
Specimens |
1,386 |
3.4 |
|
|
Ornaments & beads |
1,367 |
3.4 |
|
|
Reproduction |
1,210 |
3 |
|
|
Clothing |
1,152 |
2.8 |
|
|
Vessels |
1,113 |
2.7 |
|
|
Geology |
1,044 |
2.6 |
|
|
Locks |
918 |
2.2 |
|
|
Fire |
859 |
2.1 |
|
|
Lighting |
735 |
1.8 |
|
|
Religion |
625 |
1.5 |
|
|
Pictures |
593 |
1.4 |
|
|
Animalia |
557 |
1.3 |
|
|
Transport |
527 |
1.3 |
|
|
Figures |
495 |
1.2 |
|
|
Death |
453 |
1.1 |
|
|
Measurement |
454 |
1.1 |
This is all the classes that are more than 1 per cent of the overall English collections