Title 65 from the Pitt Rivers Museum History, 1884

Table of Contents
Named Collectors Top 20s
- Balfour Top 20
- Blackwood Top 20
- Hutton Top 20
- Pitt Rivers Top 20
- Seligman Top 20
- Tylor Top 20

Pitt Rivers Museum

Named collectors up to 1945 - Seligman summary top 20s

Seligman as field collector top 20 classes and countries

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Rank	Class	No. of objects categorised as such
1	Tool [definite]	2,820
2	{Geology	637
2	{Specimen	637
4	Tool or weapon	511
5	Ornament & Bead	373
6	Weapon definite	238
7	Pottery	192
8	Animalia	85
9	Currency	49
10	Reproduction	47
11	Writing	42
12	Vessel	41
13	Trade	39
14	{Religion	38
14	{Insignia	38
16	Technique	30
17	Narcotic	25
18	Figure	23
19	Food	22
20	{Textile	17
20	{Barkcloth	17
20	{Clothing	17

Rank	Country	Number of objects*
1	Egypt	1,963
2	Sri Lanka	518
3	Algeria	487
4	Sudan	409
5	Australia	279
6	Papua New Guinea	212
7	UK	144
8	Ghana	107
9	Tanzania	104
10	Nigeria	100
11	Morocco	79
12	South Africa	78
13	France	65
14	Tunisia	50
15	Japan	39
16	Greece	33
17	China	16
18	Norway	13
19	Malaysia	12
20	Unknown	12

* Beware double counting between countries (see composite table for indication of where double-counting occurs). This is true for all country counts for all collectors.

Commentary: The Seligmans collection covers relatively few types of objects, with a very large number of stone tools compared to other categories.

Seligman as donor, top 20 classes and countries

Rank	Class	Number of objects
1	Tool [definite]	2,820
2	{Geology	637
2	{Specimen	637
4	Tool or weapon	511
5	Ornament & Bead	373
6	Weapon definite	238
7	Pottery	192
8	Animalia	85
9	Currency	49
10	Reproduction	47
11	Writing	42
12	Vessel	41
13	Trade	39
14	{Religion	38
14	{Insignia	38
16	Technique	30
17	Narcotic	25
18	Figure	23
19	Food	22
20	{Textile	17
20	{Barkcloth	17
20	{Clothing	17

Rank	Country	Number of objects
1	Egypt	2,146
2	Sri Lanka	518
3	Algeria	487
4	Sudan	417
5	Australia	288
6	Papua New Guinea	212
7	UK	145
8	Ghana	110
9	Nigeria	106
10	Tanzania	104
11	South Africa	86
12	Morocco	79
13	France	65
14	{Tunisia	50
14	{Japan	50
15	Greece	33
16	Unknown	27
17	China	16
18	Norway	13
19	{Malaysia	12
19	{Irian Jaya	12