Charles Seligman Beatrice Blackwood PRM Museum John Hutton Henry Balfour Edward Tylor Augustus Fox

Pitt Rivers Museum

Named collectors up to 1945 - Pitt Rivers top 20s

Pitt Rivers as field collector, top 20 classes and countries

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Rank

Class

Number of objects

1

Pottery

2,806

2

Tool [definite]

1,097

3

Tool or weapon

260

4

Specimen

157

5

{Plant

78

5

{Vessel

78

7

Physical Anthropology

65

8

Dwelling

48

9

Weapon [definite]

41

10

Toilet

27

11

Animalia

25

12

{Box

22

12

{Clothing

22

12

{Religion

22

15

Fire

20

16

Animal Gear

19

17

{Food

18

17

{Lock

18

19

Geology

17

20

Ornament & Bead

16

Rank

Country

Number of objects

1

UK

4,068

2

France

300

3

Denmark

28

4

Austria

17

5

Egypt

17

6

Ireland

15

7

Sweden

12

8

Germany

10

9

Hungary

4

10

Czech Republic

2

11

Italy

2

12

Belgium

1

13

Malta

1

14

Portugal

1

15

Switzerland

1

16

Turkey

1

17

Ukraine

1

18

-

-

19

-

-

20

-

-

Pitt Rivers as donor, top 20 classes and countries

Rank

Class

Number of objects

1

Pottery

3,683

2

Tool [definite]

3,379

3

Weapon [definite]

2,502

4

Tool or weapon

2,305

5

Ornament & Bead

1,888

6

Figure

1,370

7

Vessel

1,032

8

Religion

732

9

Clothing

497

10

Cordage

484

11

Toy & Game

458

12

Fishing

454

13

Food

431

14

Navigation

417

15

Specimen

408

16

Model

356

17

Basketry

346

18

Physical Anthropology

341

19

Music

328

20

Textile

288

Rank

Country

Number of objects

1

UK

6,445

2

Unknown

1,499

3

France

1,364

4

USA [NB lots of double counting

675

5

Canada [between USA & Canada]

544

6

Ireland

519

7

Australia

410

8

Andaman Ids India

364

9

British India

352

10

Italy

348

11

China

338

12

Switzerland

336

13

Gabon

306

14

Japan

295

15

PNG

260

16

Egypt

232

17

Nicobar Ids India

219

18

{Solomon Ids

210

18

{South Africa

210

20

India

208

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