ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Top 10 Cambridgeshire Objects

A total of 247 objects come from Cambridgeshire, including a very large collection of keys and locks from Catherine Parsons, who lived in that county (the collection contains locks from other counties as well).

Class of objects

Number of objects

Position

Locks

102

1

Tools [definite]

84

2

Weapons

15

3

Tools or weapons

15

3

Ornaments & beads

12

4

Boxes

5

5

Lighting

5

5

Music

4

6

Vessels

4

6

Food

3

7

Textiles

3

7

Agriculture

2

8

Fire

2

8

Pottery

2

8

Religious artefacts

2

8

Transport

2

8

Insignia

1

9

Narcotic

1

9

Pictures

1

9

Toilet

1

9

Toys & Games

1

9

Trade

1

9

Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 51 per cent is archaeological, 49 per cent ethnographic

Note: this is all the classes that have related objects in the Cambridgeshire collections

You are reminded that all artefacts can be classified as more than one type or class, a drinking cup is classified as both a Vessel and Food.