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

Pitt Rivers Museum

Named collectors up to 1945 - Edward Burnett Tylor top 20s

Tylor as field collector top 20 classes and countries

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Rank

Class

Number of objects

1

Religion

283

2

Toy & Game

215

3

Pottery

200

4

Figure

185

5

Ornament & Bead

130

6

Reproduction

124

7

Weapon [definite]

120

8

Tool [definite]

96

9

Picture

83

10

Food

34

11

Clothing

30

12

{Textile

24

12

{Agriculture

24

12

{Lighting

24

13

Writing

22

14

Animal Gear

20

15

Death

19

16

Hunting

18

17

Currency

17

18

Music

17

19

Measurement

16

20

Vessel

16

Rank

Country

Number of objects

1

UK

329

2

USA

198

3

Egypt

148

4

Mexico

140

5

Italy

72

6

Spain

50

7

Canada

39

8

Austria

34

9

France

33

10

Norway

17

11

Hungary

13

12

{Greece

11

12

{Denmark

11

14

Germany

10

15

Sweden

9

16

{The Netherlands

8

16

{Russia

8

18

Guyana

5

19

{Algeria

4

19

{Cyprus

4

Tylor as donor, top 20 classes and countries

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Rank

Class

Number of objects

1

Tool [definite]

1,778

2

Toy & Game

988

3

Religion

574

4

Ornament & Bead

546

5

Figure

290

6

Pottery

283

7

Reproduction

251

8

Currency

265

9

Picture

213

10

Weapon [definite]

194

11

Writing

125

12

Animalia

121

13

Geology

105

14

Food

95

15

Specimen

83

16

Vessel

81

17

Clothing

74

18

Children

70

19

Trade

65

20

Bag

63

Rank

Country

Number of objects

1

Australia

1,543

2

Japan

669

3

UK

429

4

Canada

326

5

USA

292

6

Egypt

164

7

Mexico

141

8

South Africa

109

9

Unknown

80

10

British India

60

11

India

52

12

Spain

50

13

Austria

34

14

France

33

15

New Zealand

33

16

Germany

30

17

Burma

25

18

Iran

23

19

Algeria

20

20

{Norway

17

20

{Thailand

17

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