ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

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Characteristics of the Essex collections

 

These tables show the numbers of objects from Essex for particular categories.

The County Ranking gives the relative size of of this category compared to all other English counties, so a county ranking of 4 for Total Size means that this is the county with the fourth largest number of objects.

By comparing the ranking of other categories to the ranking for total size, you can get a sense of relative significance of certain sorts of objects. If a county ranks 10th for Total Size but ranks 4th for the number of its Ethnography objects it is "playing above its weight" in this category. This might suggest this is an area of interest or concentration in this county.

 

Totals

 

 


Category

Objects

County Ranking

Total Size

1007

11

Ethnography

736

4

Archaeology

173

15

Other

98

6

 

Object Types

 

This table attempts the same sort of listing as that above, but groups the objects into categories for types of object.

This makes it possible to see not only the size of different sorts of collections, but also how large they are relative to the same categories for other counties. Again comparing the ranking to the overall county ranking can suggest the importance of particular categories of object.

 

Category

Objects

County Ranking

Clothing

361

1

Tool only

300

14

Textile

236

3

Technique

126

4

Specimen

98

5

Geology

94

4

Reproduction

84

4

Ornament & Beadwork

75

4

Children

65

2

Toilet

47

1

Lock

44

4

Bag

39

1

Box

36

8

 

 

Ethnography Collections

 

This table does the same, only with the Archaeology and Other objects excluded.

This mainly means excluding stone tools, but also pot sherds and reproduction items.

 

Category

Objects

County Ranking

Clothing

361

1

Textile

235

3

Tool only

85

3

Ornament & Beadwork

75

3

Children

65

2

Toilet

47

1

Lock

44

4

Technique

42

5

Bag

39

1

Box

36

8

Writing

29

6

Measure

24

4

Currency

23

2

Trade

23

1

Ceremonial

14

3

 

Essex

London

Oxfordshire

Somerset

Yorkshire

Essex Collections by Size and Rank

London Collections by Size and Rank

Oxfordshire Collections by Size and Rank

Somerset Collections by Size and Rank

Yorkshire Collections by Size and Rank

Understanding peaks in collections for Essex

Understanding peaks in collections for London

Understanding peaks in collections for Oxfordshire

Understanding peaks in collections for Somerset

Understanding peaks in collections for Yorkshire

Major Donors for Essex

Major Donors for London

Major Donors for Oxfordshire


Major Donors for Somerset


Major Donors for Yorkshire