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- Named Collector Statistics
Pitt Rivers Museum Named collector up to 1945 - Henry Balfour
[article ID:469]
How many objects were donated by the collector in total?
[article ID:470]
Henry Balfour donated 12,709 objects in total (at least 3,005 of which were not or may not have been collected by him in the field the number may be greater because Henry Balfour may have been named as a possible field collector for objects he did not actually collect. These objects have not been included in the 3,005 number.)
How many objects were collected in the field by the collector in total?
[article ID:471]
9,716 objects (of which 11 were not also donated by Balfour: he is listed as a possible field collector for 9 Nigerian objects collected and donated by A.C. Swayne in 1931; and two further objects bought by the Museum from Steven's Auction Rooms in 1933 as part of the Lovett collection but previously (possibly in one case) part of Henry Balfour's collection.)
How many objects were owned by the collector as an other owner in total?
[article ID:472]
11,101 objects record Balfour as an other owner in total. This includes twelve objects for which Balfour was neither the field collector nor the PRM source: a spear from PNG and a knife from Australia's Northern Territory, sourced to an unknown shop in Melbourne; a tool from Rapa Nui given to the PRM via Charles and Brenda Seligman in 1940; four musical instruments (6 objects) donated by Mrs J. Crosby Brown in 1889; a club from the Solomon Islands bought in 1914 from Tost and Rohu's shop in Sydney; a Japanese print bought from Arthur Thomson in 1898; and a sample of wheat grown from seeds deposited by Balfour in 1934 and bought from Miss A.M. Taylor in July 1943.
It seems likely that in some of these cases, Balfour has been recorded as an other owner rather than the source of the material because he was buying the objects on behalf of the Museum. For example, the three objects bought from shops in Sydney and Melbourne were purchased by Balfour but 'donated' to the Museum by the shop.
How many objects are linked to the collector in these three ways, in total (ie factoring out overlaps)?
[article ID:473]
12,732 PRM objects are linked to Balfour in total (including 12,709 donated by Balfour, a further 11 possibly collected by him in the field but not donated by him, and another 12 for which Balfour is given as an other owner but neither collector nor PRM source).
Were other family members (i.e. with the same name) involved, if so, how many family members, in what relationship to the objects, how many objects?
[article ID:474]
Edith Marie Louise Balfour, Henry's wife, is the PRM source for four objects an a possible other owner for one, but in each case Henry is listed as an owner or source, so these records are included in the analysis below.
Note of records excluded from this analysis:
[article ID:475]
In the source field: 144 objects donated by Graham Balfour and 6 objects donated by his wife, Rhoda Balfour, were omitted from this analysis. Graham Balfour may have been a cousin of Henry's (see notes field for object 1897.1.2), but none of the records for these objects mention Henry Balfour specifically, so they have not been included here. One more object donated by Miss. K. Balfour in 1933, and with not recorded connected to Henry Balfour, has also been omitted. And, one object 1900.53.1 donated by Mrs Lewis Balfour in 1900, possibly Balfour's mother but with no recorded connection to Henry.
In the field collector field: two objects collected by William Balfour Baikie (one donated by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the other by the Ashmolean) with no recorded connection to Henry Balfour have been omitted; as has one object collected by Andrew F. Balfour and donated by Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville with no recorded connection to Henry Balfour.
Profiling the collection as a whole
Archaeology and ethnography:
[article ID:477]
What percentage of the collection is archaeological and what percentage ethnographic?
What percentage of the collection is A/E?
Of the 12,732 total objects connected to Balfour 8,430 are definitely ethnographic, 4,073 are definitely archaeological, and 229 are either ethnographic or archaeological.
Continents:
[article ID:478]
What percentage of the ethnographic collection is attributed to Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Unknown respectively?
By combining the above data, how is the collection as a whole divided between archaeology, ethnography, and region?
Countries:
What percentage of the collection as a whole is attributed to Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Unknown respectively?
Africa: 2,858 objects
America: 898 objects
Asia: 1,995 objects
Australia: 191 objects
Europe: 6,563 objects
Oceania: 291 objects
Unknown: 97 objects
These numbers add up to 12,893 objects in total, indicating that 161 objects are attributed to more than one country. The percentages in the following chart are based on a total of 12,893 objects.
What percentage of the archaeological collection is attributed to Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Unknown respectively?
Africa: 1,498 objects plus 62 that are A/E
America: 121 objects plus 3 that are A/E
Asia: 80 objects plus 9 that are A/E
Australia: 41 objects plus 1 that is A/E
Europe: 2,334 objects plus 140 that are A/E
Oceania: 2 objects plus 13 that are A/E
Unknown: 20 objects plus 2 that are A/E
The total number of objects here is 4,324
For the following chart, we have only included Africa A/E and Europe A/E values separately, for all the other continents objects recorded as A/E form 0.3% or less of the total number of objects and so we have included them together as Other A/E (28 objects).
What percentage of the ethnographic collection is attributed to Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Unknown respectively?
Africa: 1,298 objects plus 62 that are A/E
America: 774 objects plus 3 that are A/E
Asia: 1,906 objects plus 9 that are A/E
Australia: 149 objects plus 1 that is A/E
Europe: 4,089 objects plus 140 that are A/E
Oceania: 276 objects plus 13 that are A/E
Unknown: 75 objects plus 2 that are A/E
The total number of objects here is 8,797
For the following chart, we have only included Africa A/E and Europe A/E values separately, for all the other continents objects recorded as A/E form 0.15% or less of the total number of objects and so we have included them together as Other A/E (28 objects).
By combining the above data, how is the collection as a whole divided between archaeology, ethnography, and region?
| Africa archaeology |
1,498 |
| Africa ethnography |
1,298 |
| Africa A/E |
62 |
| America archaeology |
121 |
| America ethnography |
774 |
| Asia archaeology |
80 |
| Asia ethnography |
1,906 |
| Australia archaeology |
41 |
| Australia ethnography |
149 |
| Europe archaeology |
2,334 |
| Europe ethnography |
4,089 |
| Europe A/E |
140 |
| Unknown archaeology |
20 |
| Unknown ethnography |
75 |
| Other A/E |
28 |
Countries:
Based on our analysis of the countries represented in each of the named collector’s collections
Balfour as a donor, countries
| Countries |
Balfour |
| UK |
3,200 |
| France |
1,319 |
| Unknown or only continental provenance |
735 |
| Algeria |
605 |
| Zimbabwe |
573 |
| India |
475 |
| South Africa |
441 |
| Sweden |
362 |
| Italy |
332 |
| China [Excluding Hong Kong] |
330 |
| Nigeria |
325 |
| Norway |
286 |
| Japan |
271 |
| Egypt |
228 |
| Zambia |
224 |
| Myanmar (Burma) |
223 |
| Australia |
191 |
| Papua New Guinea |
169 |
| Malta |
135 |
| Kenya |
130 |
| Germany |
115 |
| Israel |
110 |
| USA |
106 |
| Palestine |
102 |
| Mexico |
102 |
| Austria |
101 |
| Uganda |
97 |
| Bosnia Herzegovina Yugoslavia |
97 |
| 'British India' *** [C] |
95 |
| Belgium |
91 |
| Greece |
83 |
| The Netherlands |
82 |
| Canada |
81 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of |
80 |
| Tanzania |
79 |
| Switzerland |
79 |
| Indonesia |
69 |
| Denmark |
67 |
| Morocco |
60 |
| Korea |
54 |
| Malaysia |
50 |
| Peru |
49 |
| Tibet |
47 |
| Russia [excluding Siberia] |
47 |
| Sudan |
46 |
| Jordan |
46 |
| Ireland |
44 |
| Irian Jaya (Indonesia) |
42 |
| Bolivia |
41 |
| Portugal |
39 |
| Malawi |
38 |
| Albania |
37 |
| Ghana |
32 |
| Solomon Islands |
31 |
| Syria |
30 |
| Lebanon |
27 |
| Brazil |
24 |
| New Zealand |
24 |
| Tunisia |
24 |
| Iran |
23 |
| Sri Lanka |
22 |
| Finland |
22 |
| Taiwan |
22 |
| Greenland |
21 |
| Cyprus |
21 |
| Iceland |
21 |
| Turkey |
21 |
| Iraq |
20 |
| Fiji |
18 |
| Spain |
18 |
| Botswana |
15 |
| Paraguay |
14 |
| Croatia Yugoslavia |
14 |
| Hungary |
14 |
| Thailand |
13 |
| Burundi |
12 |
| Rwanda |
12 |
| Angola |
11 |
| Mongolia |
11 |
| Bangladesh |
11 |
| Central African Republic |
9 |
| New Caledonia Nouvelle Calédonie |
9 |
| Russia [Siberia] |
9 |
| Madagascar |
8 |
| Argentina |
8 |
| Nepal |
8 |
| Ukraine |
8 |
| Vatican City |
8 |
| Chile |
7 |
| Yemen |
7 |
| Guyana |
7 |
| Barbados |
7 |
| USA [Hawaii] |
7 |
| Congo, People's Republic of |
6 |
| Tubuai Islands French Polynesia |
6 |
| Cook Islands |
6 |
| Singapore |
6 |
| Cameroon Cameroun |
5 |
| Montenegro Yugoslavia |
5 |
| Nicobar Islands India |
5 |
| Pakistan |
5 |
| Serbia Yugoslavia |
5 |
| Vanuatu |
5 |
| Namibia |
4 |
| Gabon |
4 |
| Czech Republic |
4 |
| Marquesas Islands French Polynesia |
4 |
| Philippines |
4 |
| Tonga |
4 |
| Ivory Coast |
3 |
| Senegal |
3 |
| The Gambia |
3 |
| Mozambique |
3 |
| Ethiopia |
3 |
| Kiribati |
3 |
| Burkina Faso |
2 |
| Poland |
2 |
| Chad |
2 |
| Liberia |
2 |
| Vietnam |
2 |
| Romania |
2 |
| Andaman Islands India |
2 |
| Benin Republic |
2 |
| Guatemala |
2 |
| Samoa |
2 |
| Sierra Leone |
2 |
| Easter Island Rapa Nui |
2 |
| Cuba |
2 |
| Somalia |
1 |
| Cambodia |
1 |
| Laos |
1 |
| Slovenia |
1 |
| Brunei |
1 |
| East Timor |
1 |
| Afghanistan |
1 |
| French Guiana |
1 |
| Surinam Suriname |
1 |
| Gibraltar |
1 |
| Dominica |
1 |
| Ecuador |
1 |
| Macedonia Yugoslavia |
|
| Netherlands Antilles |
1 |
| Nicaragua |
1 |
| Niger |
1 |
| Palau, Republic of [Caroline Islands] |
1 |
| Society Islands French Polynesia |
1 |
|
Total number of countries 146 Total number of objects 13,596 (which means that there are 1,224 more objects represented in this table than the actual total number of 12,372 objects linked to Balfour). |
It is worth remembering that there are 126 countries represented in the 22% segment for Other. 18 of these countries are represented by just one object, a further 13 countries are represented by just two objects.
Classes:
[article ID:479]
Accession dates:
| Classes |
Balfour |
% |
|
| Tool [definite] |
3,672 |
29 |
|
| Fire |
1,687 |
13 |
|
| Lighting |
1,520 |
12 |
|
| Religion |
1,254 |
10 |
|
| Weapon [definite] |
1,241 |
10 |
|
| Music |
1,043 |
8 |
|
| Pottery |
961 |
8 |
|
| Box |
894 |
7 |
|
| Figure |
878 |
7 |
|
| Ornament & bead |
592 |
5 |
|
| Writing |
453 |
3 |
|
| Textile |
444 |
3 |
|
| Specimen |
438 |
3 |
|
| Tool or weapon |
425 |
3 |
|
| Reproduction |
349 |
3 |
|
| Currency |
349 |
3 |
|
| Narcotic |
331 |
3 |
|
| Technique |
275 |
2 |
|
| Trade |
271 |
2 |
|
| Vessel |
272 |
2 |
|
| Clothing |
260 |
2 |
|
| Bag |
251 |
2 |
|
| Animalia |
206 |
2 |
|
| Death |
191 |
2 |
|
| Measurement |
189 |
2 |
|
| Food |
189 |
1 |
|
| Toilet |
160 |
1 |
|
| Plant |
149 |
1 |
|
| Ceremonial |
142 |
1 |
|
| Toy & Game |
141 |
1 |
|
| Geology |
140 |
1 |
|
| Basketry |
136 |
1 |
|
| Status |
120 |
1 |
|
| Agriculture |
114 |
1 |
|
| Fishing |
107 |
1 |
|
| Picture |
88 |
1 |
|
| Medicine |
83 |
1 |
|
| Body Art |
76 |
1 |
|
| Transport |
75 |
1 |
|
| Animal Gear |
74 |
1 |
|
| Hunting |
65 |
1 |
|
| Physical Anthropology |
58 |
0 |
|
| Model |
53 |
0 |
|
| Furniture Dwelling |
51 |
0 |
|
| Cordage |
50 |
0 |
|
| Insignia |
45 |
0 |
|
| Navigation |
41 |
0 |
|
| Time |
41 |
0 |
|
| Children |
39 |
0 |
|
| Dance |
35 |
0 |
|
| Marriage |
31 |
0 |
|
| Photograph |
27 |
0 |
|
| Dwelling |
26 |
0 |
|
| Lock |
23 |
0 |
|
| Sport |
14 |
0 |
|
| Punishment & Torture |
12 |
0 |
|
| Metallurgy |
11 |
0 |
|
| Fan |
10 |
0 |
|
| Carving |
6 |
0 |
|
| Commemoration |
6 |
0 |
|
| Barkcloth |
5 |
0 |
|
| Mask |
4 |
0 |
|
| Theatre |
3 |
0 |
|
| Headhunting |
1 |
0 |
|
| Scientific Apparatus |
1 |
0 |
|
| Total number of objects linked to Balfour |
12,732 |
||
N.B. the following chart shows the top twenty classes only, as percentages of the total number of objects represented by the top twenty classes, that is, 17,314 objects. Furthermore, the classes are not mutually exclusive. This means that the following chart can only be taken as a rough indicator of the spread of the top twenty classes. It does not represent 100% of the Balfour collection and should be used with caution.
Accession dates:
1880s: 56 objects (including 6 for which Balfour other owner but not donor or FC)
1890s: 1,208 objects (including 1 for which Balfour other owner but not donor or FC)
1900s: 1,449 objects
1910s: 3,020 objects (including 3 for which Balfour other owner but not donor or FC)
1920s: 600 objects
1930s: 5,316 objects (including 11 for which Balfour field collector but not donor)
1940-45: 1,083 objects (including 2 for which Balfour other owner but not donor or FC)
| Year |
No. objects |
| 1887 |
1 |
| 1888 |
10 |
| 1889 |
45 |
| 1890 |
9 |
| 1891 |
180 |
| 1892 |
78 |
| 1893 |
58 |
| 1984 |
93 |
| 1895 |
133 |
| 1896 |
140 |
| 1897 |
107 |
| 1898 |
356 |
| 1899 |
54 |
| 1900 |
106 |
| 1901 |
216 |
| 1902 |
106 |
| 1903 |
50 |
| 1904 |
41 |
| 1905 |
183 |
| 1906 |
446 |
| 1907 |
122 |
| 1908 |
128 |
| 1909 |
51 |
| 1910 |
215 |
| 1911 |
42 |
| 1912 |
598 |
| 1913 |
513 |
| 1914 |
93 |
| 1915 |
569 |
| 1916 |
458 |
| 1917 |
211 |
| 1918 |
286 |
| 1919 |
35 |
| 1920 |
9 |
| 1921 |
8 |
| 1922 |
42 |
| 1923 |
137 |
| 1924 |
18 |
| 1925 |
27 |
| 1926 |
43 |
| 1927 |
30 |
| 1928 |
79 |
| 1929 |
207 |
| 1930 |
294 |
| 1931 |
133 |
| 1932 |
1,292 |
| 1933 |
76 |
| 1934 |
20 |
| 1935 |
22 |
| 1936 |
35 |
| 1937 |
0 |
| 1938 |
3,472 |
| 1939 |
0 |
| 1940 |
4 |
| 1941 |
16 |
| 1942 |
186 |
| 1943 |
2 |
| 1944 |
58 |
| 1945 |
816 |
Balfour Field Collectors
[article ID:480]
Name |
Field Collector |
Other Owner? |
|||
| Where |
When |
No. |
What |
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| W. Abbot |
PNG |
By 1903 |
1 |
Conch shell |
|
| John Abercromby |
Israel |
By 1901 |
5 |
Pottery lamps |
John Abercromby |
| H.W.D. Acland |
N. Africa |
By 1900 |
2 |
Fiddle with bow |
H.W.D. Acland |
| Dr. Charles Umpherston Aitchison |
India |
By 1896 |
1 |
Leaf scrapings used as tinder |
Henry Balfour |
| W.C.F. Anderson |
UK |
By 1889 By 1893 |
6 5 |
Candlestick/lamp Candlestick/lamp |
W.C.F. Anderson |
| E.M. Andrews |
Zimbabwe |
By 1906 |
1 |
Musical instrument (lamellophone) |
E.M. Andrews |
| Thomas Nelson Annandale |
UK Thailand Singapore Malaysia |
By 1899 By 1899 By 1903 By 1899 By 1901 By 1902 |
1 2 1 3 5 1 |
Weighing beam Dammar torch Dammar torch Dammar torch Fire saw set Fire piston |
Thomas Nelson Annandale |
| William John Ansorge |
East / Central Africa |
By a variety of dates between 1893-1910 |
80 |
Including musical instrument, ornaments, human hair, belt, knife, axe, tobacco, basket, food accessories |
Stevens Auction Rooms |
| ?Edward Armour |
South Africa |
By 1913 |
1 |
Stone cup for fire making |
?Edward Armour |
| Frank Atlay |
Burma |
By 1907 |
4 |
Fire piston |
Donald Gunn |
| [Francis] Arthur Powell Aveling |
Canada |
By 1898 |
6 |
Pottery sherds |
Henry Balfour |
| Stephen Thomas Aveling |
UK |
By 1887 or 1897 |
1 |
Sulphur matches |
Stephen Thomas Aveling |
| S.B. |
Yugoslavia Lebanon Egypt |
By 1895 By 1895 By 1895 |
4 8 9 |
3 gun flints and bag fire steel, gun flints pottery lamps |
S.B. S.B. S.B. |
| S.W.B. |
Italy |
By 1899 |
1 |
Brass synagogue lamp |
S.W.B. |
| J. [James?] Backhouse |
Mexico |
By 1907 |
1 |
Pottery whistle |
Purchased by HB from Lawrence |
| E. Bailey |
Europe and Middle East |
By 1894 |
40 |
Pottery lamps |
E. Bailey collection |
| Thomas Baines |
Zimbabwe |
By 1871 |
1 |
Tinder |
Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Balducci |
Italy |
By 1893 |
1 |
Fire steel |
Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
| ? Lewis (Louis) Balfour |
Egypt |
By 1891 |
1 |
‘primitive harp’ |
Mrs Lewis Balfour |
| Mrs Lewis (Louis) Balfour |
Egypt Italy |
By 1891 By 1893 |
2 2 |
Raft zither, bagpipes Unbaked clay lamps |
|
| Luigi Balzan |
Paraguay |
By 1889 |
3 |
Firesticks and tinder pouch |
Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
| ?Barley |
Israel? Jordan? Palestine? |
By 1894 |
1 |
Pottery lamp |
Barley Collection |
| Edward Bartlett |
Malaysia |
By 1900 By 1903 |
2 1 |
Pottery lamp stand and pottery jar Musical instrument - flageolet |
|
| ?A. Bateman |
UK Oxon |
By ?1906 |
1 |
Child’s caul for good luck |
H.B. |
| Leicester Paul Beaufort |
Malaysia |
By 1890 |
2 |
Fire piston with 1 lead cylinder and 1 wooden cylinder |
R. Biddulph Martin |
| ?Mr Beckit (?Miss Venables ?J. Cossar) |
UK |
By 1945 |
2 |
Pair riding boots |
?Miss Venables ?Mr Beckit ?J. Cossar ?HB |
| Alexander Montgomerie Bell |
UK France UK UK |
By 1892 By 1905 By 1906 By 1915 |
1 1 1 1 |
Egg-shaped flint tool Flint strike-a-light Gun flint Flint tool |
Alexander Montgomerie Bell |
| Benin City Punitive Expedition |
Nigeria |
By 1897 |
2 |
Brass and copper lame |
H.B. |
| Mrs G.N. Bennett |
Egypt |
By 1888 |
1 |
Lantern |
Mrs G.N. Bennett, H.B. |
| Michel de Bernoff |
Russia Russia Ukraine |
By 1909 By 1910 By 1909 |
5 1 2 |
musical instruments Zither Duct flutes |
Michel de Bernoff, HB |
| Edward Bidwell |
Various European Countries |
Various dates 1899-1923 |
59 |
Cigar lights, matches, tinder boxes, fire making lamps, whistling arrow |
Edward Bidwell, HB |
| Winifred Susan Blackman |
UK, Norwich |
By 1916 |
1 |
Cardboard candle shade |
Winifred S. Blackman, HB |
| P. Bonomi |
Sardinia |
By 1893 |
2 |
Fire steel and flint |
Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
| G. Bower |
India |
By 1897 |
1 |
Fibre cord fuse for match locks |
G. Bower, HB |
| ?Thomas Graham Briggs |
Caribbean |
By 1915 |
17 |
Stone axes |
?Thomas Graham Briggs |
| W.T. Brigham probably William Tufts |
USA Hawaiian Is |
By 1897 |
4 |
Stone lamps |
W.T. Brigham, HB |
| James Franck Bright |
Iceland |
By 1915 |
1 |
Hand mangle |
HB (source: Lewis Balfour) |
| British Expedition to Tibet (Francis Younghusband Expedition?) |
Tibet |
By 1905 |
1 |
Composite archer’s bow |
- |
| Evelyn Maude Bubb |
Norway |
By 1933 |
1 |
Hand mangle |
Evelyn Maude Bubb, HB |
| Mr Burgess |
UK Oxon |
By 1897 By 1898 |
1 1 |
Potatoes carried in pocket as cure of rheumatism |
Mr Burgess, HB |
| Mr Butros |
Egypt |
By 1896 |
34 |
Bows and arrows excavated at Thebes |
William Matthew Flinders Petrie |
| Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton |
China |
By 1922 |
1 |
Tinder pouch with fixed steel |
Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton, HB |
| George F. Carline |
Solomon Is |
By 1916 |
1 |
Wooden club |
Carline auction 1916, HB |
| T.J. Carter |
UK, Oxon |
By 1895 |
4 |
3 whit horns, 1 oboe |
HB, T.J. Carter |
| Luigi Palmi de Cesnola |
Cyprus |
By 1904 |
1 |
Pottery lamp |
Lawrence Cesnola |
| H.L. Chittenden |
China |
By 1907 |
2 |
Fiddle and bow |
H.L. Chittenden, HB |
| Henry Christy (and Edouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet) |
France |
1863 |
164 |
Stone tools, antler tools |
Edouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, HC, HB |
| Miller Christy |
France UK Burma |
c.1900 by 1907 by 1926 |
1 1 2 |
Fire piston Phosphorus fire box Fire piston |
Miller Christy, HB |
| ?Percy Missen Clark |
?Zimbabwe |
By 1907 |
?10 |
Samples of spider egg cases for musical instrument membrane |
Percy Missen Clark, HB |
| ?E. Clement |
Australia |
By 1898 |
4 |
Fire sticks (drill & hearth) |
E. Clement, HB |
| H.C. Collyer |
Unknown, Europe, Syria Syria |
By 1924 By 1939 |
14 3 |
Tinder pouches, tinder cases, lighters Tinder pouch, steel, tinder |
H.C. Collyer, HB (1 via Stevens auction rooms) |
| John Conroy |
UK, Wales |
By 1893-96 |
9 |
Clip candles sticks and rushlight clips |
John Conroy, HB |
| ?Cookson |
China |
By 1921 |
2 |
Transverse bamboo flutes |
Cookson, HB |
| ?J. Cossar (?Miss Venables, ?Mr Beckit) |
UK |
By 1945 |
2 |
Pair riding boots |
?Miss Venables ?Mr Beckit ?J. Cossar ?HB |
| C. Crawshaw |
PNG Fiji |
By 1918 |
1 1 |
Single membrane drum Nose flute |
Stevens auction rooms, C.Crawshaw, HB |
| William Crooke |
India |
By 1892/93 By 1922 By 1939 |
29 1 3 |
1 transverse flute 28 lamps pipe fire sticks |
William Crooke, HB |
| Mrs J. Crosby Brown |
Cuba New Mexico Russia |
By 1889 |
2 3 1 |
Hollow gourd rasp & stick 1 duct flute, fiddle & bow |
HB (PRM Source: Crosby Brown) |
| Arthur Theodore Culwick and Mrs G.M. Culwick (Armine Charles Almroth Wright) |
Tanzania |
By 1942 |
2 |
Trough zithers |
Armine Charles Almroth Wright, Culwicks, HB |
| ?Cutter |
UK China China Unknown |
By 1892 By 1903 By 1905 |
1 1 1 1 |
Tinder box Tinder pouch Tinder pouch Fire steel |
Cutter, HB |
| Marie Antoinette Czaplicka |
Russia (Siberia) |
By 1914 |
1 |
Gun flint |
Marie Antoinette Czaplicka, HB |
| W.R.D.? |
Andaman Is |
By 1945 |
1 |
Specimen human hair |
W.R.D.? |
| Arthur R. Daft |
Portugal |
By 1891 |
1 |
Pottery oil vessel |
Arthur R. Daft, HB |
| Marchesa D’Incisa |
Italy |
By 1894 |
1 |
Pottery lamp |
Marchesa D’Incisa, HB |
| Mrs Dixon or Dickson |
UK, Scotland |
By 1893 |
?100 |
Packet strip matches |
Mrs Dixon or Dickson, HB |
| F. Dixon |
China |
By 1896 |
1 |
Carved soapstone lamp |
F. Dixon, HB |
| Willemoes d’Obry |
P.R.Congo |
?by 1925 |
1 |
Iron spear |
Willemoes d’Obry, HB, Royal Geographic Society |
| ?Professor Douglas |
USA, Missouri |
By 1891 |
1 |
Hoe |
Professor Douglas, HB |
| Roger Meaden Downes |
Nigeria |
By 1931 |
6 |
Voice disguisers |
Roger Meaden Downes |
| George Clarence Druce |
UK Oxon |
By 1904 |
1 |
Wheel tinder box of tin |
George Clarence Druce, HB |
| Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard |
?Sudan ?Ethiopia |
By 1942 |
1 |
Animal skin baby carrier |
Evans-Pritchard, HB |
| ?W. Evetts |
UK Oxon |
By 1903 By 1904 By 1906 |
2 1 1 |
Gun flints |
W. Evetts, HB |
| Leonardo Fea |
Burma |
By 1885 |
2 |
Fire piston |
Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
| Barbara Whitchurch Freire-Marreco aka Mrs Robert Aitken |
USA, Arizona |
By 1913 |
1 |
Cedar bark used for fire lighting |
Freire-Marreco, HB |
| Miss D Fresco |
?The Netherlands |
By 1891 |
1 |
Standing or wall lamp |
Miss D Fresco, HB |
| ?A.W. Fuller |
Madagascar China |
By 1913 By 1924 |
1 3 |
Lamellophone Tinder pouch, fire steel, pricker |
A.W. Fuller, HB |
| ?Lois Fuller |
Caribbean |
By 1908 |
2 |
Fiddle with bow |
Miss Lois Fuller |
| L.W.G. |
UK Oxon |
By 1908 |
1 |
Gun flint |
- |
| ?Francis William Galpin |
China Japan |
By 1909 By 1939 |
1 1 |
Transverse flute End flute |
Francis William Galpin, HB |
| Thomas Gardner |
Zimbabwe |
By 1906 |
10 |
Stone flakes |
HB |
| Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson |
?Sudan |
By 1942 |
5 1 |
Caps of straw basketry Side-blast trumpet |
R.G.G-A, HB E.E. Evans-Prtichard |
| Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
Italy Italy Burma France |
By 1894 By 1903 By 1907 By 1903 |
2 2 1 1 |
Flint and fire steel Gun flints Mouth organ Strike a light |
Enrico Hillyer Giglioli, HB |
| ?Cecil Vincent Goddard |
Austria Italy Switzerland Austria UK England Cook Islands UK England Tibet |
By 1890 By 1896 By 1898 By 1911 By 1918 By 1925 By 1930 |
1 1 2 2 11 1 2 1 |
Hanging olive oil lamp Tinned iron hanging lamp Tray lamps Iron lamp, metal lantern Cigarette box, cigarettes Ceremonial adze handle Gas lighters Leather tinder pouch |
Cecil Vincent Goddard, HB |
| ?Alfred Godet |
Switzerland |
?1890 |
4 |
Sulphur match, 2 fire drills and a hearth |
Alfred Godet, HB |
| Roderick W. Gordon |
UK Cornwall |
By 1888 |
3 |
Clip candlesticks and rushlight clips |
Roderick W. Gordon, HB |
| ?William Graham |
UK, England |
By 1897 |
9 |
7 clips for candles, 1 pistol tinder box, 1 mining lamp |
William Graham, HB |
| ? [TCT?] Grant |
UK, Scotland |
By 1886 By 1888 |
1 2 |
Iron hanging lamp Iron hanging lamps |
Grant, HB |
| John Henry Gray |
China |
By 1907 |
6 |
Iron and pewter lamps |
John Henry Gray, HB (Steven’s Auction Rooms) |
| ?Francis Llewellyn Griffith |
UK England |
By 1909 |
5 |
Tinder box, 2 fire steels, flint and damper |
Francis Llewellyn Griffith, HB |
| Percy Groom |
China |
By 1895 By 1918 |
1 1 |
Bamboo pipe copper bowl Bamboo pipe wood bowl |
HB |
| ?Donald Gunn |
Sudan Austria/Sudan USA Idaho |
By 1903 1899 1911 |
1 1 1 |
Bead necklet Matchbox and matches Fire steel |
Donald Gunn, HB |
| ?Robert Theodore Gunther |
Italy Italy Iran Iran |
By 1894 By 1895 By 1898 By 1899 |
2 2 5 2 |
Pottery lamps Lamps Sulphur matches, tinder Gun flints |
Robert Theodore Gunther, HB |
| Guthrie |
Europe |
By 1880 |
1 |
Fiddle |
HB |
| Alfred Cort Haddon |
Japan India |
By 1907 |
2 2 |
Friction drum and stick Friction drum and stick |
Alfred Cort Haddon, HB |
| ?Norman H. Hardy ?Harry Stockdale |
Australia |
By 1900 |
3 |
Boomerangs |
Norman H. Hardy, Robert Francis Wilkins, HB |
| ?Norman H. Hardy |
PNG/Irian Jaya |
By 1942 |
9 |
7 archery bows, 2 paddles |
Source: ?Robert Francis Wilkins ?Henry Nottidge Moseley ?Burroughs (HB) |
| Percy G. Harris |
Nigeria |
By 1933 |
1 |
Single membrane drum |
Percy G. Harris, HB |
| ?Benjamin Harrison |
UK England |
By 1916 |
2 |
Fint implements |
Benjamin Harrison, HB |
| ?Charles Harrison |
Canada |
1882-1890 by 1905 |
1 1 |
Cedar bark mat Soul-catcher |
Charles Harrison, HB Lieutenant Richardson |
| Ernst Hartert |
Netherlands |
By 1904 |
1 |
Tinder |
Ernst Hartert, HB |
| Margaret Hasluck |
Macedonia |
By 1927 |
1 |
Bagpipes |
Margaret Hasluck, HB |
| ?C. Hawes |
?Bolivia |
By 1916 |
4 |
2 wooden bows, bone whistle, tinder box |
For tinder box: Lunarijo, Chorote Chief |
| ?Lord Herschell |
UK England |
By 1918 |
2 |
Trumpets |
Stevens Auction Rooms |
| Sydney Gerald Hewlett |
UK, France, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Israel |
Various dates by 1894-1934 |
50 |
Candlesticks, lamps, tinder boxes, matches, clarinet, reed pipes |
Sydney Gerald Hewlett, HB |
| Melville William Hilton-Simpson |
France Congo, DR Algeria |
By 1911 By 1911 Mostly by 1913 (also 1923, 1924) |
1 1 38 |
Voice disguiser Gun flint Bagpipes, flutes, toy oboes, fire sticks, fire steels and flints |
Melville William Hilton-Simpson, HB |
| ?Hitchings |
UK England |
By 1905 |
2 |
Iron candlestick clips |
Hitchings, HB |
| Lionel Charles Hopkins |
China |
By 1895 |
1 |
Coiled time candle |
Lionel Charles Hopkins, HB |
| Charles Hose |
Malaysia |
By 1906 |
2 |
Bird call, fire stick |
Charles Hose, HB |
| ?Walter Hough |
USA |
?1890 |
1 |
Heavy pottery lamp |
Walter Hough, HB |
| O.H. Howarth |
Mexico |
By 1891 By 1895 By 1899 By 1912 |
1 2 1 38 |
Wooden bucket Matches Bull fighting banderillo Pottery figures, stone beads, spindle whorls |
O.H. Howarth, HB |
| H.O. Howarth |
USA |
By 1894 |
1 |
matches |
H.O. Howarth, HB |
| Dr Jameson (probably William) |
Ecuador |
By 1896 (prob 1873) |
1 |
tinder |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Miss Johnston |
UK Scotland |
By 1842 |
1 |
Bagpipes |
Chichester Museum, A.W. Fuller |
| E. Neville Jones (with HB) |
Zimbabwe |
July-Sept 1929 |
22 |
Stone tools and scrapers |
HB |
| Gwilym Iwan Jones |
Nigeria |
By 1931 |
2 |
Voice disguisers |
Gwilym Iwan Jones |
| W.J.K. [W.J. Knowles? See below] |
UK N. Ireland |
By 1909 |
1 |
Pebble amulet |
W.J.K. |
| ?G. Kettle |
UK England |
By 1912 |
1 |
Ivory tuning peg |
G. Kettle, HB |
| F.C. Kinchant |
Australia |
By 1867 |
3 |
2 stone axes, 1 knife |
F.C. Kinchant, HB |
| ?H. Kingsford |
UK, Jersey |
By 1905 |
1 |
Bag of matches |
H. Kingsford, HB |
| ?Janet Kirkaldy |
UK, Orkney |
By 1902 |
3 |
Wooden bismar, iron hanging lamp |
Janet Kirkaldy, HB |
| ?W.J. Knowles |
UK, N. Ireland |
By 1902 |
2 |
Pebble charm and candlestick clip |
W.J. Knowles, HB |
| Eric Thomas Drummond Lambert |
India |
By 1942 |
32 |
Ear ornaments, head ornaments, shield ornament, iron hoe blades, bronze gongs, drinking vessels, knife |
Eric Thomas Drummond Lambert, HB |
| Edouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet (and Henry Christy) |
France |
1863 |
164 |
Stone tools, antler tools |
Edouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, Henry Christy, HB |
| Joseph Thomas Last |
Tanzania |
By 1885 By 1901 |
1 3 |
Tongs for pipe lighting Trough zither, throwing spear |
Cuthbert Edgar Peek Joseph Thomas Last, HB |
| G.F. Lawrence |
Israel/ Palestine/ Jordan Russia UK England |
By 1894 By 1898 By 1902 By 1906 By 1902 By 1897 By 1909 |
2 1 8 4 1 1 1 |
Pottery lamps Pottery lamp Pottery lamps Pottery lamps Pottery lamp Brass candlestick Bone whistle or flute |
G.F. Lawrence, HB |
| ? Lee |
UK England |
By 1914 |
1 |
Matchbox |
Lee, HB |
| Edward Thurlow Leeds |
Portugal |
By 1914 |
6 |
Votive offerings |
Edward Thurlow Leeds, HB |
| Henry Baird Leete |
Spain |
By 1895 By1898 |
1 4 |
Matches Flint, fire steel, tinder |
Henry Baird Leeds, HB |
| Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner |
India |
By 1899 |
7 |
Musical instruments |
Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, HB |
| LeRouzie |
France |
By 1899 |
4 |
Lamps |
LeRouzie, HB |
| H.E. Leveson (possibly Henry George Ashworth Leveson) |
Burma |
By 1893 By 1894-99 |
13 5 |
Hunter’s belt and cartouche case Musical instruments |
H.E. Levenson (possibly Henry George Ashworth), HB |
| Henry George Ashworth Leveson |
Burma |
Various dates by 1890-1900 |
76 |
Tinder boxes, fire pistons, fire saws, guns, fire flints, charms against snake bites |
Henry George Ashworth Leveson, HB |
| L. Lóczy de Lócz |
Romania |
By 1910 |
1 |
Bagpipes |
János Budoin |
| London Missionary Society |
PNG, India, Madagascar, S. Africa, Tanzania China, India |
By 1910 By 1911 |
13 9 |
Musical instruments, hearth for fire stick Drum, fiddle, rice plant figures |
Purchased by HB from LMS |
| J.T. Long |
France |
By 1897 |
1 |
Cardboard box/matchbox/ candlestick |
J.T. Long, HB |
| A.C. Lovett |
India Greece |
By 1892 By 1893 By 1910 By 1895 |
5 9 2 1 |
Bag. tobacco, flint, steel Pottery lamps, bag, flint, steel, tinder Firesticks (drill & hearth) Horse’s neck charm |
|
| A.C. Lovett |
|||||
| Captain Lovett [could be A.C. Lovett] |
Pakistan/India Bangladesh |
By 1894 By 1893 |
6 5 |
Tobacco, fire sticks, lamps Tinder bag, flint and steel, lamp, lamp stand |
Captain Lovett, HB, Edward Lovett |
| ?Edward Lovett |
UK, Albania, Switzerland, Bangladesh, Netherlands, India, France |
Various dates 1892-1939 |
48 |
Gun flints, amulets, rush lights, wooden whistle, candlestick, candles, lamps, fire sticks, fire steels |
Edward Lovett, HB |
| ?W. Lovett [possibly Walter Lovett] |
Netherlands |
By 1893 |
13 |
Sulphur spunks |
W. Lovett [possibly Walter Lovett] |
| Arthur Lucas |
Egypt |
By 1926 |
1 |
Frit for making glaze |
HB, Arthur Lucas |
| ?Charles Lund |
UK China Japan Germany |
By 1926 |
1 1 6 3 |
Ram’s horn trumpet Mouth organ Oboe and tobacco pipe Hand mangle |
Steven’s Auction Room Steven’s Auction Room |
| Felix von Luschan |
Nigeria USA Hawaii |
1897 1896 |
4 |
Pottery tobacco pipes Candle nut string |
Felix von Luschan, HB |
| D. Lyall |
Australia |
By 1921 |
7 |
Boomerangs, shield, clubs |
Steven’s Auction Room ? Misses [sic] J.M.A. Lyall |
| ?Victor Mahillon |
Vietnam |
By 1911 |
1 |
Facsimilie monochord instrument |
Victor Mahillon, HB |
| Edward Horace Man |
Nicobar Is |
1894 1903 |
2 2 |
Fire sticks (drill, hearth) Fire sticks |
Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
| L. Henri Martin |
Egypt |
By 1896 |
10 |
Stone and pottery lamps |
L. Henri Martin, HB |
| ?Dr Martins |
Russia |
By 1892 |
1 |
Tinder pouch |
Dr Martins, HB |
| ?Hubert Frank Matthews |
?Nigeria |
By 1945 |
1 |
Side blast trumpet |
Hubert Frank Matthews, HB |
| ?A.H. McBean |
Netherlands |
By 1888 |
1 |
Hanging tray lamp |
A.H. McBean, HB |
| ?Abb. McBean |
UK Scotland |
By 1889 |
1 |
Iron hanging lamp |
Abb. McBean, HB |
| Charles Kingsley Meek |
Nigeria |
By 1922 By 1931 |
2 6 |
Voice disguiser and tinder Voice disguisers |
Charles Kingsley Meek, HB |
| Frederic Philip Mennell |
Zimbabwe |
By 1906 |
37 |
Quartz and stone flakes |
Frederic Philip Mennell, HB |
| Professor Mitsukuri [?Milsukuri] |
Japan |
By 1892 |
2 |
Fire drill and hearth |
Professor Mitsukuri, HB |
| G. Mochi |
Chile |
By 1883 |
1 |
Bamboo flageolet |
William Ockelford Oldman, Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
| James Reid Moir |
UK England |
By 1930 |
4 |
Flint stone tools |
James Reid Moir, HB |
| H.O. Mordaunt |
Indonesia India ?Tibet ?Burma Japan China UK Guernsey |
By 1899 By 1906 By 1909 By 1913 |
13 4 1 1 3 1 1 |
Firesticks, matches Lamps Tinder pouch Fire piston Fire steel, flint, incense burner/lamp Tinder pouch Iron hanging lamp |
H.O. Mordaunt, HB |
| Edward Sylvester Morse |
Japan |
By 1891 |
5 |
Parcel wrappers |
Edward Sylvester Morse, HB |
| Henry Nottidge Moseley |
Morocco |
By 1891 |
1 |
Beeswax candle |
Henry Nottidge Moseley, HB |
| Lord Mountmoress |
Congo, DR |
By 1911 |
4 |
Side blast trumpets |
Steven’s Auction Room, ?Free Public Museum, Liverpool |
| C.E. Munro |
Solomon Is |
By 1896 |
3 |
Tourches |
C.E. Munro, HB |
| Neil Gordon Munro |
Japan |
By 1909 By 1913 |
6 10 |
Tinder boxes, fire flint and steel Tinder box, smoker’s gear |
Neil Gordon Munro, HB |
| G.W. Murray [maybe George William Welsh Murray] |
Egypt |
By 1942 |
3 |
Pottery vessels |
G.W. Murray, HB |
| ?J.H.P. Murray |
PNG |
By 1920 |
1 |
Tinder |
J.H.P. Murray, HB |
| John Linton Myres |
Cyprus |
By 1897 |
13 |
Pottery lamps |
John Linton Myres, HB |
| George Strong Nares Expedition HMS ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’ |
Canada/USA Arctic |
By 1876 |
2 |
Sinew strung snow shoes |
HB |
| Sheffield Airey Neave |
Malawi |
By 1906 |
1 |
Ivory and lizard skin drum |
Sheffield Airey Neave |
| Eustace Neville-Rolfe |
Italy |
By 1892 By1893 By 1897 By 1898 By 1907 |
10 1 1 1 2 |
Lamps Silver charm Lamp Lamp Castanets |
Eustace Neville-Rolfe, HB |
| S. Norman |
UK Guernsey |
By 1894 |
5 |
4 sulphur sparks, 1 hanging lamp |
S. Norman, HB |
| Canon Parker |
Turkey |
By 1895 |
1 |
Pottery lamp |
Canon Parker, HB |
| James Edge Partington |
Israel UK England Australia USA Hawaii Fiji PNG UK England |
By 1878 By 1890 By 1892 By 1913 By 1932 |
1 1 2 6 1 3 3 1 2 |
Pottery lamp Candle Brass lamps Firesticks, bullroarer Fibre cloak Nose flutes End flutes Syrinx Nickel plated lantern |
James Edge Partington, HB |
| ?Charles Partridge |
Nigeria |
By 1903 |
1 |
Pottery lamp |
Charles Partridge, HB |
| Ralph William Frankland Payne-Gallwey |
Turky |
By 1918 |
1 |
Composite bow |
Ralph William Frankland Payne-Gallwey, HB |
| Edmund James Peck [Church Missionary Society] |
Canada |
By 1903 By 1906 |
2 6 |
Lamps Tinder pouch, stone vessels, lamps |
Edmund James Peck, HB |
| William Matthew Flinders Petrie |
Egypt |
By 1901 By 1917 |
2 1 |
Flint implements Flint knife |
William Matthew Flinders Petrie, HB |
| Denis Peyrony |
France |
By 1916 |
4 |
Stone/chert flakes |
Denis Peyrony, HB |
| ?Cornelis Marinus Pleyte |
Indonesia |
By 1899 |
1 |
Fire piston |
Cornelis Marinus Pleyte, HB |
| Maurice Vidal Portman |
Burma |
By 1886 |
10 |
Spare harp strings |
Maurice Vidal Portman, HB |
| Miss K. Lawless Pyne or Payne |
Ireland |
By 1897 |
2 |
Bundle wood splinters |
Miss K. Lawless Pyne or Payne, HB |
| John Rae |
UK Scotland Greece Cyprus |
By 1892 |
11 3 1 |
Lamps, candles, drinking vessels, knife Pottery lamps Pottery lamp |
John Rae, HB |
| Rafael Ysasi Y Ransome |
Spain |
By 1927 |
4 |
Reed clarinets |
Rafael Ysasi Y Ransome, HB |
| Rawson William Rawson |
S. Africa |
By 1896 |
1 |
Tinder |
Royal Botanic Gardens |
| J. Raye, probably John Joseph Ardavon Raye? Zaria Relief Expedition |
Nigeria |
By 1902 |
1 |
Side blast trumpet |
J. Raye, HB |
| Miss K.M. Reynolds |
Syria Israel Iraq Syria Ethiopia Syria ?Palestine Syria |
By 1909 By 1910 By 1912 By 1913 |
7 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 |
Musical instruments Fire steel, clarinet Clarinets Oboe Brass sistrum Musical instruments Child’s pellet drum Ram’s horn trumpet |
Miss K.M. Reynolds, HB |
| ?Monsieur Richard |
Iraq |
By 1890 |
1 |
Pottery lamp |
Monsieur Richard, HB |
| Audrey Isabel Richards |
Zambia |
By 1939 |
2 |
Duiker horn squeakers |
- |
| ?Lieutenant Richardson |
Canada |
By 1905 |
1 |
Soul catcher |
C. Harrison (see above) |
| ?Canon Ridgeway |
Italy Greece/Israel/ Cyprus Italy |
By 1872 By 1892 By 1899 |
1 8 1 |
Pottery lamps |
Ridgeway collection, HB |
| ?Lieutenant Risler |
Australia |
By 1945 |
1 |
Hair from mask |
Lieutenant Risler |
| ?William Roberts |
UK England |
By 1888 |
1 |
End blown trumpet |
William Roberts, HB |
| Mrs Robin |
S. America |
By 1920 |
5 |
Tinder cords for smokers |
Harry Geoffrey Beasley |
| A. Robinson |
Sweden |
By 1913 |
4 |
Match boxes and matches |
A. Robinson, HB |
| George A. Robinson |
Australia |
By 1839 |
2 |
Portraits of Tasmanians |
Joseph Barnard Davis, Mrs Robinson |
| Francis James Rennell Rodd (Buchanan-Rodd Expedition) |
Nigeria |
By 1922 By 1923 By 1945 |
1 2 15 |
Tinder Tinder Metal ore specimens, amulet, clothing |
Francis James Rennell Rodd, HB |
| Claude Rogers |
Burma |
By 1933 |
5 |
Fire piston |
Claude Rogers, HB |
| Henry S. Rohu |
Sudan PNG |
By 1891 By 1903 By 1939 By 1942 By 1945 |
1 14 1 4 1 |
Iron socketed spear head Musical instruments Drum Grass skirts Bone lime spatula |
Henry S. Rohu, HB |
| ?George Rolleston |
Greece |
By 1865 |
1 |
Strigil |
(Source: OUMNH, HB) |
| William Scoresby Routledge |
Easter Is |
By 1917 |
1 |
Plaster cast of rock figure |
William Scoresby Routledge, HB |
| Z. le Rouzie |
France |
By 1889 |
16 |
Lanterns, candlesticks |
Z. le Rouzie, HB |
| Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Roy |
India |
By 1932 By 1939 |
3 1 |
Musical instruments |
Roy, HB |
| Royal Botanic Gardens |
Australia |
By 1895 |
3 |
Fire sticks |
|
| John Shakespear |
India |
By 1922 |
1 |
Tinder |
John Shakespear, HB |
| Arthur Frederick Sharp |
Malaysia |
By 1907 |
2 |
Fire sticks |
|
| Robert Walter Campbell Shelford |
PNG Indonesia |
By 1903 By 1905 |
1 2 |
Bark tinder Strike-a-light, tinder |
Robert Walter Campbell Shelford, HB |
| William Simmonds |
UK England |
By 1911 |
1 |
Smock frock |
William Simmonds, HB |
| ?Mrs Sinibah |
Canada |
By 1945 |
1 |
Quillwork ornament |
Mrs Sinibah, HB |
| ?J. Wentworth Smith |
UK |
By 1939 |
1 |
Reproduction of painting |
J. Wentworth Smith, HB |
| ?Worthington G. Smith |
UK England |
By 1890 By 1902 |
9 1 |
Tinder box, fire steel, flint etc Sulphur matches |
Worthington G. Smith, HB |
| Fred Snare |
UK England France |
1891 1899 1900 1913 |
1 1 2 1 |
Candlestick Candlestick Time candles Tinder box |
Fred Snare, HB |
| W. Sneyd |
Unknown |
By 1930 |
1 |
Whale tooth |
W. Sneyd, HB |
| (Henry) Boyle Townshend Somerville |
Solomon Is |
By 1895 |
1 |
Fire tongs |
(Henry) Boyle Townshend Somerville, HB |
| Walter Baldwin Spencer |
Australia |
By 1927 |
1 |
Tywerrenge |
Edith Balfour, Walter Baldwin Spencer |
| Alfred Henry Spurrier |
Tanzania |
By 1930 By 1945 |
2 1 |
Slings for scaring birds Sling of palm leaves |
Alfred Henry Spurrier, HB |
| Jacob Stenberg |
Sweden |
By 1893 |
1 |
Tinder box |
Jacob Stenberg, HB |
| W. Stevens |
Spain |
By 1881 |
1 |
tinder |
Royal Botanic Gardens 1896 |
| ?James Stevenson |
USA |
By 1883 ?1884 |
1 1 |
Water drum Prayer meal basket |
John Wesley Powell, Smithsonian |
| Charles Edward Stuart |
Cook Is Canada |
By 1945 |
1 1 |
Piece of hair necklace Hair from mask |
Charles Edward Stuart, HB |
| ?E. Sturrock |
UK Scotland Unknown |
By 1912 By 1932 |
4 1 |
Tools for smoothing linen Moss specimen |
E. Sturrock, HB |
| ?A. Suchetet |
?Indonesia |
By 1893 |
1 |
Fire-making apparatus |
Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
| A.C. Swayne |
Nigeria |
By 1931 |
9 |
Pottery tools, currency |
(PRM Source: Swayne) |
| Sourindra or Sourindro Mohan Raja Tagore |
India |
By 1891 |
1 |
Musical bow |
Sourindra or Sourindro Mohan Raja Tagore, HB |
| Percy Amauray? Talbot |
Nigeria |
By 1931 |
2 |
Voice disguisers |
Percy Amauray Talbot, HB |
| ?T.W. Taphouse |
France, PNG, Thailand, UK, DR Congo, Fiji, China, Ireland Nigeria China UK |
By 1905 By 1906 By 1908 By 1939 |
14 1 1 1 |
Musical instruments Side blown trumpet Transverse flute Keyed brass bugle |
W.T. Taphouse, HB ]William Ockelford Oldman |
| Olive Temple (née Olive Macleod) |
Chad |
By 1913 By 1942 |
1 1 |
Wooden shield Wooden shield |
Olive Temple (née Olive Macleod) |
| Richard Carnac Temple |
Burma ?India Bangladesh India Burma |
By 1889 By 1890 By 1890 By 1892 By 1892 By 1892 |
11 4 3 3 4 1 |
Inc 1 reed flageolet, and ] pottery lamps, candles, ] wicks, torches ] ] ] |
Richard Carnac Temple, HB |
| Edgar Thurston |
India |
By 1912 |
1 |
Bismar type weighing beam |
Edgar Thurston, HB |
| Emil Torday |
Congo, DR Congo, DR Hungary Congo, DR Hungary Congo, Dr |
By 1904 By 1907 1907-1909 1908-1912 by 1909 by 1910 by 1912 by 1939 |
1 1 1 1 1 3 5 4 |
Marimba Long wooden whistle Ivory carving of head Bagpipes Nose flute Ivory whistle, 2 fire sticks Zither, clarinet, duct flute Slit drum, vessel rattle, lamellophone |
Emil Torday, HB Edith Marie Louise Balfour |
| Jane Tost and Ada Rohu |
Solomon Is |
By 1914 |
1 |
Ceremonial club |
Henry Balfour |
| ?Trist |
Italy |
By 1896 |
1 |
Pottery lamp |
Trist collection, HB |
| Mark Napier Trollope |
Korea |
By 1895 |
1 |
Brass dish on ratched pillar |
Mark Napier Trollope, HB |
| C. Tucker |
Tonga Fiji |
By 1945 |
1 1 |
Hair from wig Hair from wig |
?HB, C. Tucker |
| R.T. Turley |
China |
Various dates 1896-1933 |
48 |
Tinder pouches, sulphur matches, paper lanterns, paper spills, drum, mirrors, incense, temple gong, bronze urn, fire/gun flints |
R.T. Turley, BH |
| ?Mrs Turnbull’s son |
Philipines |
By 1913 |
2 |
Jew’s harps |
Mrs Turnbull, HB |
| J. Uertz |
Belgium |
By 1889 |
1 |
Cylindrical horn lantern |
J. Uertz, HB |
| Undergamekeeper of Brandon Park, Suffolk |
UK England |
By 1902 |
33 |
Stone tools |
HB |
| ?Miss Underwood |
Pakistan |
By 1934 |
1 |
Sample of wheat germ |
Miss Underwood, HB |
| Universities Mission to Central Africa |
Malawi Tanzania |
By 1921 ?By 1921 By 1924 |
4 1 3 |
Voice disguisers Zither Transverse flutes |
Universities Mission to Central Africa, HB |
| Unknown French Insect Collector |
Algeria |
By 1945 |
?500 |
Boxes of ?stone tools |
HB |
| Unknown labourer from Headington, Oxford |
UK England |
By 1916 |
1 |
Root of black briony said to have magical properties |
HB |
| Charles-Arnold Kurr van Gennep [?Arnold van Gennep] |
Algeria ?France |
By 1945 |
1 1 |
Textile specimen Textile specimen |
Charles-Arnold Kurr van Gennep, HB |
| ?Miss Venables (?Mr Beckit ?J. Cossar) |
UK England |
By 1945 |
2 |
Pair of riding boots |
?Mr Beckit ?Miss Venables ?J. Cossar, HB |
| ?M.E.W. |
UK England |
By 1898 |
1 |
Tall rushlight shade |
?M.E.W., HB |
| ?P.A.W. and E.H.W. |
UK England |
By 1932 |
1 |
Very tall rushlight |
HB |
| ?S. Wakefield |
Korea |
By 1932 |
1 |
Candlestick |
?S. Wakefield, HB |
| J. Wallace |
Australia |
By 1917 |
4 |
Stone axes |
HB |
| ?Miss Weld |
Ireland |
By 1890 |
1 |
Broken tallow pan |
Miss Weld, HB |
| Friedrich Martin Joseph Welwitsch |
?Angola ?Congo, DR |
By 1872 |
3 |
Specimens of woven raffia material |
James Collins, Welwitsch, HB |
| ?A. Weston |
France Burma Europe UK England |
By 1910 By 1911 |
1 1 1 10 |
Hurdy gurdy Fiddle Necked box lute 2 necked box lutes, fiddle in case with spare pieces |
A. Weston, HB |
| C. Whintle |
UK England |
By 1871 |
10 |
2 corroded iron sword blades |
C. Whintle, HB |
| ?L.J. Wickes |
Norway |
By 1934 |
1 |
Knitting needle box |
L.J. Wickes, HB |
| ?Oliver Wild |
UK England |
By 1936 |
1 |
Gun flint |
Oliver Wild, HB |
| ?Mrs P. Wilkins |
UK England |
By 1894 |
1 |
Brass lamp |
Mrs P. Wilkins, HB |
| ?Mrs Robert Francis Wilkins |
Germany UK England |
By 1894 By 1904 |
1 1 |
Pewter pillar lamp Pistol tinder box |
Mrs Robert Francis Wilkins, HB |
| ?W.H. Williams |
UK England |
By 1911 |
9 |
Ornamental ivory pegs from stringed instrument |
W.H. Williams, HB |
| Ellen Ann Willmott |
France |
By 1935 |
1 |
Voice disguiser |
Ellen Ann Willmott, HB |
| ?Robert Gosset Woodthorpe |
Burma |
By 1898 |
2 |
Rocket syrinxes |
Robert Gossert Woodthorpe. HB |
| ?S.W. Woodward |
Canada |
By 1932 |
4 |
3 soapstone lamps |
S.W.Woodward, HB |
| Leonard Wray |
Malaysia |
By 1893 By 1939 |
2 1 |
1 torch, 1 tinder tinder |
Leonard Wray, HB ] Leonard Wray Junior |
| ?Armine Charles Almroth Wright |
?Uganda East Africa S.Af/Namibia Tanzania Uganda |
?By 1939 ?By 1939 ?By 1939 By 1942 By 1942 |
16 5 1 2 3 |
Stools, barkcloth, gourd vessel, belts, ornaments 4 wooden stools, wire belt wooden club trough zithers bow-harps |
Armine Charles Almroth Wright, HB ] Arthur Theodore Culwick ] Mrs G.M. Culwick |
| Wukari Native Administration |
Nigeria |
By 1932 |
10 |
Musical instruments and voice disguisers |
Wukari Native Administration, per HB |
| ?J.W. Young |
USA Idaho |
By 1888 |
2 |
Pair of moccasins |
J.W. Young |
| ?Themistocles Zammit |
Malta |
By 1914 |
4 |
Pottery sherd fragments |
Themistocles Zammit, HB |
Other Owners
[article ID:481]
Name |
Other Owner |
Field Collector? |
|||
| Where |
When |
No. |
What |
||
| J.H.K.A. |
Norway |
By 1889 |
1 |
Cow horn tinder box with initials J.H.K.A. |
- |
| Acotts |
UK Swansea |
By 1941 |
2 |
Gramaphone records |
- |
| Bales |
UK Ipswich |
By 1906 |
1 |
Pistol tinder box |
- |
| ?Edith Balfour |
Australia |
1927 |
1 |
tywerrenge |
?William Baldwin Spencer |
| Mrs Lewis (Louis) Balfour ?Chas Honiatt |
Egypt Italy UK England |
By 1891 By 1891 By 1892 |
1 2 1 |
‘primitive harp’ unbaked clay lamps pistol tinder box |
] Lewis (Louis) Balfour ?Mrs Lewis Balfour - |
| Beatrice Braithwaite Batty |
UK |
By 1918 |
3 |
Gas lighter, 2 oil lamps |
- |
| Harry Geoffrey Beasley |
S. America |
By 1920 |
5 |
Tinder cords for smokers |
Mrs Robin |
| Bergen Museum |
Norway Sweden |
By 1905 By 1912 |
1 1 |
Facsimile runner skate Tall wooden lantern |
|
| Edward Bidwell |
India |
By 1910 |
2 |
Firesticks |
A.C. Lovett |
| George Blagrave and father |
UK Oxford |
By 1891 |
3 |
Tinder pouch, flint, steel |
- |
| Torbjorn Bondhus |
Norway |
By 1896 |
1 |
Iron hanging lamp |
- |
| G.B. Boschi |
Italy |
By 1897 |
1 |
Pistol tinder box |
- |
| János Budoin |
Romania |
By 1910 |
1 |
Bagpipes |
L. Lòczy de Lòcz |
| Mrs M. Butler |
UK Bicester |
By 1903 |
35 |
Lace bobbins, accessories |
Henry Balfour |
| ?T.D.C. |
Norway |
By 1898 |
1 |
Pistol tinder box |
- |
| Lawrence Cesnola |
Cyprus |
By 1904 |
1 |
Pottery lamp |
Luigi Palmi di Cesnola |
| Chichester Museum/A.W. Fuller |
UK Scotland |
1842-1913 |
1 |
Bagpipes |
Miss Johnston |
| Cirio House |
Brazil |
By 1927 |
16 |
Spears, arrows, neck and wrist ornaments |
Henry Balfour |
| Mr Cirougher |
France |
By 1889 |
1 |
Iron hanging lamp |
Henry Balfour |
| Mrs Collett |
UK Oxon |
By 1890 |
1 |
Metal lantern |
- |
| James Collins |
?Angola ?Congo, DR |
By 1872 |
3 |
Specimens of woven raffia material |
Friedrich Martin Joseph Welwitsch |
| Colonial Exhibition |
Malaysia |
By 1890 |
1 |
Cocoanut shell spoon |
Henry Balfour |
| Colonial and Indian Exhibition 1886/Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
India |
By 1886 |
1 |
Leaf tinder |
- |
| Mr Constable |
UK Oxon |
By 1889 |
1 |
Iron baker’s lamp |
- |
| Danish National Museum, Copenhagen |
Greenland |
By 1891 By 1932 |
1 1 |
Moss specimen Wooden spoon |
- |
| Ethnological Museum of Copenhagen |
Greenland |
By 1932 |
10 |
Lamp collection |
- |
| Exhibited in Copenhagen |
?Nigeria ?Sudan |
By 1892 |
1 |
Raft zither |
- |
| Mr Corby |
UK Oxon |
By 1886 |
1 |
Old iron baker’s lamp |
- |
| Branck A. Coslin |
Germany |
By 1897 |
2 |
Pistol tinder boxes |
- |
| Cutter |
Congo, DR |
By 1913 |
4 |
Fire sticks |
- |
| Joseph Barnard Davis |
Australia |
By 1944 |
14 |
Portrait paintings of Tasmanians |
? George A. Robinson |
| Dedwell (or Bedwell) Collection/Sturrock collection |
UK Scotland |
By 1906 |
1 |
Stone lamp |
- |
| S. Dukes |
Sierra Leone |
By 1907 |
1 |
Vessel rattle |
- |
| Dvorak/G. Kammerer |
Czech Republic |
By 1906 |
1 |
Bellows bagpipes |
- |
| Edinburgh Exhibition |
Japan |
By 1890 |
2 |
Lanterns |
- |
| ?Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard |
Sudan |
By 1942 |
1 |
Side-blast trumpet |
Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson |
| Fenton |
?France UK England Spain ?Germany ?Russia ?Italy ?UK England PNG |
By 1898 By 1898 By 1899 By 1899 By 1901 By 1901 By 1925 By 1939 |
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 |
Fire steel Candlestick clip Fire steel Pocket tinder pouch Fire steel Fire steels Fire piston Jew’s harp |
- |
| Alexander Finn |
Iran |
By 1945 |
1 |
Embroidered skin coast |
Probably not donated by HB |
| Genroo-Hodges Collection |
India? Pakistan? Bangladesh? |
By 1896 |
3 |
Brass lamps |
- |
| Enrico Hillyer-Giglioli |
Paraguay Burma Italy Indonesia Italy France Nicobar Is Brazil |
By 1895 By 1903 By 1903 By 1903 By 1903 By 1903 By 1903 By 1907 |
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 |
Tinder pouch Fire piston Fire steel Fire steel and flint Fire-making apparatus 2 gun flints strike a light fire sticks rattles |
Luigi Balzan Leonardo Fea ?Balducci ?P. Bonomi ?A. Suchetat ? Enrico Hillyer-Giglioli Edward Horace Mann |
| Enrico Hillyer-Giglioli, William Ockelford Oldman |
Chile Brazil |
By 1908 By 1908 |
1 2 |
Bamboo flageolet Nose flute, transverse flute |
G. Mochi - |
| Glendinings |
Korea Japan |
By 1911 By 1932 |
7 1 |
Gongs Iron pistol tinder box |
- - |
| [A.E.?] Godfrey |
New Zealand |
By 1916 |
1 |
Bone, shell fish hook |
- |
| Monsieur Gousert |
France |
By 1889 |
1 |
Clip candlestick |
Z. le Rouzie |
| John Henry Gray |
UK England |
By 1922 |
1 |
Matchbox |
- |
| John Grey |
UK |
By 1939 |
1 |
Reproduction painting ‘The Match Seller’ |
?Henry Balfour |
| Donald Gunn |
Burma |
By 1907 |
4 |
Fire piston |
Frank Atlay |
| J.T.H. |
Croatia |
By 1932 |
1 |
Fiddle |
- |
| Thomas Herbert/G. Kettle |
UK England |
By 1864 |
2 |
Glass harmonicaon in box |
- |
| Hereford City Museum/Roger Parr |
Solomon Is |
By 1942 |
1 |
Bird-headed dance club |
- |
| Sydney Gerald Hewlett/Charles Pesce |
Europe |
By 1905 |
1 |
Folding lantern |
- |
| Sydney Gerald Hewlett |
Egypt China |
By 1910 By 1934 |
1 3 |
Double clarinet Tinder pouches |
- - |
| Walatta [?]; Heyerat, Ekhta Ranyan, Friedrich Max Muller, Parker |
Ethiopia |
By 1916 |
1 |
Inscribed parchment scroll |
?HB |
| E.A.B. Hill of Hill and Son |
UK England |
By 1924 |
17 |
Matches |
- |
| Chas Honiatt, Mrs Lewis Balfour |
UK England |
By 1892 |
1 |
Pistol tinder box |
- |
| James T. Hooper |
Congo, PR |
By 1938 |
1 |
Iron spear |
- |
| Horniman Museum |
Congo, DR PNG |
By 1911 By 1930 |
1 1 |
Rounded wooden whistle Currency of beetle legs |
- - |
| Hvalfangst Museum – Kommandor Chr. Christensen’s |
Norway |
By 1936 |
1 |
Whale tooth |
- |
| Japanese-British Exhibition?, 1910, Ainu village |
Japan |
By 1910 |
13 |
2 tinder boxes with steels, flints etc |
- |
| G. Kammerer, F. Kopecky, Dvorak |
Czech Republic |
By 1906 |
2 |
Bagpipes |
- |
| Emir of Katsina |
Nigeria |
By 1930 |
2 |
Iron axes |
- |
| G. Kettle, Thomas Herbert |
UK England |
By 1864 |
2 |
Glass harmonicaon in box |
- |
| Lucas White King |
India |
By 1921 |
1 |
End-blown trumpet |
- |
| ?F. Knowles [?Francis howe Seymour Knowles] |
India |
By 1939 |
2 |
Rhinoceros horn shields |
- |
| F. Kopecky |
Czech Republic |
By 1906 |
1 |
Bagpipes |
- |
| G.F. Lawrence |
Israel? P? J? UK Israel? P? ? Israel? P? Russia Ukraine PNG Israel? P? J? UK Japan UK Denmark |
By 1894 By 1897 By 1898 By 1900 By 1902 By 1902 By 1902 By 1904 By 1906 By 1909 By 1921 By 1921 By 1921 |
2 1 1 1 8 2 1 4 4 3 1 3 1 |
Pottery lamps Brass candlestick Pottery lamp Fire steel Pottery lamps 1 Pottery, 1 hanging lamp fire tongs bullroarers pottery lamps jew’s harp, flute, whistle zither bone skates bone skate |
? G.F. Lawrence? |
| ?Linneus |
Sweden |
By 1896 |
1 |
Pocket tinder pouch |
- |
| Liverpool, ?Free Public Museum, Lord Mountmoress |
Congo, DR |
By 1911 |
1 |
Side-blown trumpet |
- |
| Edward Lovett |
India Bangladesh |
By 1892 By 1893 |
5 3 |
Tobacco, fire steel, tinder, pipe bowl, bag Tinder bag, flint, steel |
A.C. Lovett Captain Lovett (A.C.?) |
| Lunarijo, Chorote Chief |
Bolivia |
By 1916 |
1 |
Tinder box and tinder |
C. Hawes |
| Stacey Marks collection |
Germany |
By 1898 |
1 |
Miner’s hanging lamp |
- |
| R. Biddulph Martin |
Malaysia |
By 1890 |
2 |
Fire piston with lead |
Leicester Paul Beaufort |
| JohnMoir |
UK England |
By 1932 |
1 |
Stone candlestick |
- |
| Friedrich Max Muller, Walatta [?]; Heyerat, Ekhta Ranyan, Parker |
Ethiopia |
By 1916 |
1 |
Inscribed parchment scroll |
?HB |
| Newbury Museum |
Tubuai Is |
By 1930 |
1 |
Flywhisk |
- |
| Noksangbah |
India |
By 1922 |
1 |
Base for shield plume |
HB |
| William Ockelford Oldman |
S. Africa Paraguay PNG Austria Brazil China Chile ? Taiwan Tibet Italy Indonesia |
By 1904 By 1906 By 1906 By 1906 By 1908 By 1908 By 1908 By 1909 By 1911 By 1911 By 1911 By 1920 |
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 |
Tongs for pipe lighting Bamboo whistle End-flute of bamboo Transverse flute Nose and transverse flute Transverse flute Bamboo flageolet Tinder Jew’s harp Jew’s harp and case Bagpipes Fire steel, tinder, pouch |
- - - - Enrico Hillyer-Giglioli ?T.W. Taphouse G. Mochi, Hillyer-Giglioli - - - - - |
| P. Paret |
France |
By 1903 |
1 |
Pistol tinder box |
- |
| Paris Exhibition |
China Tunisia Egypt S. Africa |
By 1889 By 1903 |
1 1 1 2 |
Back scratcher Pottery lamp Pottery lamp Musical bows |
?HB ?HB ?HB - |
| Roger Parr/Hereford City Museum |
Solomon Is |
By 1942 |
1 |
Bird-headed dance club |
- |
| A. Pearson |
UK England |
By 1848 |
1 |
Bassoon |
- |
| Pechlin |
Sweden |
By 1897 |
1 |
Silver-mounted razor |
- |
| Cuthbert Edgar Peek |
Tanzania PNG |
By 1885 By 1900 |
1 2 |
Tongs for pipe lighting Fire sticks |
Thomas Last - |
| Charles Pesce, Sydney Gerald Hewlett collection |
Europe |
By 1905 |
1 |
Lantern |
- |
| William Matthew Flinders Petrie |
Egypt |
By 1896 |
34 |
Bows and arrows |
Mr Butros |
| John Rae |
UK Scotland |
By 1892 |
3 |
Lanterns |
- |
| Ekhta Ranyan, Friedrich Max Muller, Walatta [?]; Heyerat, Parker |
Ethiopia |
By 1916 |
1 |
Inscribed parchment scroll |
?HB |
| Charles Hercules Read |
Uk England |
By 1893 |
1 |
Fire steel |
- |
| Matavatu Reva |
Fiji |
By 1870 |
1 |
End blown trumpet |
- |
| George Augustus Robinson, Mrs Robinson, Joseph Barnard Davis |
Australia |
By 1839 By 1944 |
2 12 |
Portait paintings of Tasmanians |
- |
| Royal Botanic Gardens |
Australia Australia Ecuador India Pakistan S. Africa Spain Zimbabwe |
By 1895 By 1896 |
3 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 |
Fire sticks Throwing spears Tinder Leaf tinder Leaf tinder Tinder Tinder Tinder |
Royal Botanic Gardens ?HB Dr [William?] Jameson Dr Aitchison Rawson William Rawson W. Stevens Thomas Baines |
| Royal Geographical Society |
Congo, PR |
By 1925 |
1 |
Iron spear |
Willemoes d’Obry, HB |
| Mr Ryman |
UK England |
By 1891 |
1 |
Iron candlestick |
- |
| ?H.P.S. |
Denmark |
By 1890 |
1 |
Candlestick |
HB |
| J. Salmon |
Ireland |
By 1902 |
24 |
Rushlights, candles |
- |
| I. Savage |
UK England |
By 1939 |
1 |
Pistol tinder box |
- |
| Shurrock collection |
UK Scotland |
?by 1889 |
2 |
Lamps |
- |
| C. Smith |
UK |
?by1939 |
3 |
Pair of razors in case |
?HB |
| Smithsonian Institution |
USA? USA N. Mex. USA Alaska/ Brit. Colum. |
By 1893 ?1884 By 1892 By 1932 |
1 1 4 1 |
Water drum ‘Prayer-meal basket’ candle-fish stone lamp |
] James Stevenson |
| ?Smithsonian Institution |
Japan |
By 1891 |
1 |
Sulphur matches |
|
| Steven's Auction Rooms |
- |
- |
226 |
- |
- |
| E. Sturrock collection |
UK ?Pakistan ? |
By 1881 By 1882 By 1889 By 1890 By 1906 By 1912 By 1939 By 1889 By 1932 |
1 1 16 1 2 4 3 1 1 |
Match box Lamp Lamps and candlestick Brass hanging lamp Lamps Tools for smoothing linen Tinder bx, candle, damper Hanging lamp Moss specimen |
|
| T.W. Taphouse |
Egypt |
By 1905 |
1 |
Zither |
|
| John Taylor |
UK England |
By 1913 |
1 |
Horse collar |
|
| Mr Towney |
UK |
By 1939 |
3 |
Pair razors in leather case |
?HB |
| R.T. Turley |
China |
By 1916 |
1 |
Rosary |
HB |
| Mrs Turnbull |
Philipines |
By 1913 |
2 |
Jew’s harps |
Mrs Turnbull’s son |
| E.H.W. |
China |
By 1898 |
2 |
Drum and beater |
- |
| ?Geo Wallis |
UK England |
By 1891 |
1 |
Pistol tinder box |
- |
| W.D. Webster |
Mozambique Germany UK England France ? Congo, DR Netherlands ?Germany Austria |
By 1942 By 1913 By 1911 By 1925 By 1942 By 1902 By 1923 By 1902 |
1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 |
Xylophone Nail violin Shofar Syrinx Dance rattle Tinder box, flint, steel Tinder box, flint, steel Tinder box |
- |
| A. Weston, A. Pearson |
UK England |
By 1848 |
1 |
Bassoon or fagotto |
- |
| White Fathers, Carthage |
Tunisia |
By 1914 |
12 |
Pottery lamps |
|
| F. Wigg |
UK England |
By 1897 |
1 |
Pistol tinder box |
- |
| Robert Francis Wilkins |
Australia |
By 1900 By 1939 |
3 4 |
Boomerangs Glass spear heads |
Norman H. Hardy or Harry Stockdale |
| John George Wood, Bethnal Green, South Kensington Museum |
Canada |
By 1939 |
1 |
Toy birchbark paddle |
?HB |
| Leonard Wray Junior |
Malaysia |
By 1939 |
1 |
Tinder |
Leonard Wray |
| Armine Charles Almroth Wright |
Uganda? |
By 1939 |
2 |
Gourd vessel rattles |
?HB |
| Xiania |
Norway |
By 1898 |
1 |
Fire steel |
- |
| Mrs Yates |
UK England |
By 1899 |
1 |
Fish bone scrapings/ medicinal powder |
?HB |
PRM Source (when the named source is not named as a field collector or other owner)
Name |
PRM Source |
F. C.? O.O.? |
|||
| Where |
When |
No. |
What |
||
| ?Burroughs, ?Robert Francis Wilkins ?Henry Nottidge Mosely ?Henry Balfour |
PNG |
By 1942 |
9 |
7 bows, 2 paddles |
FC: ?Norman H. Hardy OO: Henry Balfour |
| Josephine Choveaux, Henry Balfour |
Tanzania |
?By 1939 |
2 |
Transverse flutes |
FC/OO: Universities Mission to Central Africa |
| OUMNH, Henry Balfour |
Greece |
?By 1907 |
1 |
Strigil |
FC/OO: George Rolleston |
| Thomas Kenneth Penniman, Henry Balfour |
UK Wales |
By 1941 |
2 |
Gramophone records |
OO: Acotts |
| Miss A. M. Taylor |
UK/India/ Pakistan |
By 19443 |
1 |
Sample of wheat |
OO: ?Henry Balfour |
| Arthur Thomson |
Japan |
By 1898 |
1 |
Print of woman weaving |
OO: ?Henry Balfour |
Sources of the collection
[article ID:482]
What proportion of the collection as a whole are they the source for?
Where known, what was their occupation?
Where known, what were their links to Oxford?
Other Owners
The total number of objects owned by someone other than Henry Balfour, but who is not also recorded as having collected it in the field, is 687 objects (5.4% of the total number of objects linked to HB).
Interestingly, by far the most important other owner of material linked to Henry Balfour is Steven's Auction Rooms. 226 objects came to Balfour through Steven's (1.78% of the total collection at the PRM), making Steven's the single strongest object-related link to Balfour in terms of number of objects. (For 105 of these objects the field collector is also recorded.) The next most important other owners (according to the number of objects they owned) were Mrs M. Butler, for 35 lace bobbins and lace accessories (0.27%), and William Matthew Flinders Petrie, for 34 bows and arrows excavated by Mr Butros in Egypt (0.27% of the total number of objects).
Field collectors for the collection
[article ID:483]
The total number of objects collected or possibly collected in the field by someone other than Henry Balfour is 1965 (15.43% of the total number of objects linked to HB).
Despite the fact that over 15% of the total number of objects were collected (or possibly collected) in the field by others, only two field collectors (working together as one) collected more than 1% of the collection: Henry Christy and Edouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet's collection of 164 stone tools and antler or bone tools from the Dordogne area of France comprises 1.2% of the total Balfour collection. The next largest field collection comprises the 80 objects collected by Thomas Nelson Ansorge from East and Central Africa, bought at Steven's Auction Rooms, which account for 0.63% of the total Balfour collection. Henry George Ashworth Leveson definitely collected 76 objects from Burma that were later given to the PRM through Balfour (0.6% of the collection), and it is possible that a further 18 objects were also collected by him (recorded under H.E. Leveson). If so, this would push his percentage up to 0.74% of the collection, and the second largest field collection.
Total number of objects linked to someone other than Balfour
[article ID:484]
The total number of objects which record someone other than Balfour in any one of the source, other owner or field collectors fields i.e. cancelling out any overlaps (by our calculations 200 objects overlap between field collectors and other owners: 1965 + 687 200 = 2448, plus 2 objects that do not overlap from the PRM source table) is 2454 objects (19.27% of the total number of objects linked to HB).
Divide all the field collectors for the collection into:
Those with no known object-related connection to the PRM other than via this collection:
[article ID:486]
Thomas Baines
Balducci
Luigi Balzan
Barley
Edith Balfour
Lewis Balfour
A. Bateman
Mr Beckit
Mrs G. N. Bennett
Edward Bidwell
P. Bonomi
Mr Burgess
Burroughs
Mr Butros
J. Cossar
?Cutter (other Cutters are field collectors/PRM sources)
Marchesa D'Incisa
Mrs Dixon or Dickson
Willemoes d'Obry
Professor Douglas
George Claridge Druce
Leonardo Fea
Miss D. Fresco
Alfred Godet
T.C.T. Grant
Henry John Gray
Guthrie
C. Hawes
Lord Herschell
Hitchings
H.O. Howarth (may be O.H. Howarth who is source for own collection)
Dr Jameson probably William
Miss Johnston
F.C. Kinchant
H. Kingsford
Henry Baird Leete
Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
LeRouzie
H.E. Leveson (possibly Henry George Ashworth Leveson - source for own collection)
L. Laczy de Lacz
Captain Lovett
Walter Lovett
Lunarijo, Chorote Chief
Charles Lund
D. Lyall
Misses J.M.A. Lyall
L.W.G. Malcolm
Dr Martins
A.H. McBean
Abb. McBean
Frederic Philip Mennell
Professor Mitsukuri
H.O. Mordaunt
Edward Sylvester Morse
Lord Mountmoress
George Strong Nares Expedition
Noksangbah
S. Norman
Canon Parker
Denis Peyrony
Ekhta Ranyan
Rawson William Rawson
Monsieur Richard
Audrey Isabel Richards
Lieutenant Richardson
William Roberts
Mrs Robin
Claude Rogers
Z. le Rouzie
William Simmonds
Mrs Sinibah
J. Wentworth Smith
W. Sneyd
Alfred Henry Spurrier
Jacob Stenberg
Charles Edward Stuart
E. Sturrock
A. Suchetet
Trist?
Mark Napier Trollope
C. Tucker
J. Uertz
Undergamekeeper of Brandon Park, Suffolk
Miss Underwood
Unknown French Insect Collector
Unknown labourer from Headington, Oxford
J. Wallace
Miss Weld
Fredrich Martin Joseph Welwitsch
A. Weston
C. Whintle
White Fathers, Carthage
L.J. Wickes
Oliver Wild (but if same as Oliver H. Wild, then also source for own)
Mrs P. Wilkins
W. H. Williams
J.W. Young
Those with other object-related connections to the PRM
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Divide into: those who are also a PRM source of material collected or thought to have been collected in the field by themselves; those who are also a PRM source of material collected or thought to have been collected in the field by others; those who are also a field collector or possible field collector named in PRM collections other than Seligman's their own (the latter defined by these individuals being PRM source).
What percentage of the collection as a whole came from each individual represented in the collection?
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See above section, where we have calculated this for the most significant contributors only
How many of the individuals connected with the collection are associated with over 10% of the collection / of PRM collection as a whole up to 1945?
Several of the people linked to Henry Balfour's collection are also associated with large numbers of objects in the PRM as a whole before 1945
Here is a list of the people linked to the Balfour collection and also connected to over 500 objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum as a whole up to 1945 (a total of 179,765 objects):
Name |
No. objects |
% PRM <1945 |
| Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard |
528 |
0.29 |
| Henry S. Rohu |
529 |
0.29 |
| Barbara Whitchurch Freire-Marreco |
536 |
0.30 |
| James T. Hooper |
680 |
0.38 |
| R.T. Turley |
692 |
0.38 |
| Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville |
703 |
0.39 |
| Henry Nottidge Moseley |
741 |
0.41 |
| Robert Francis Wilkins |
776 |
0.43 |
| G.F. Lawrence |
830 |
0.46 |
| Melville William Hilton-Simpson |
845 |
0.47 |
| William Matthew Flinders Petrie |
875 |
0.49 |
| Edward Horace Man |
949 |
0.53 |
| William Crooke |
1059 |
0.59 |
| [Francis Howe Seymour Knowles |
1240] |
0.69 |
| William Scoresby Routledge |
1319 |
0.73 |
| Thomas Nelson Annandale |
1333 |
0.74 |
| Francis Llewellyn Griffith |
2883 |
1.6 |
| Robert Theodore Gunther |
3099 |
1.7 |
| Richard Carnac Temple |
3252 |
1.8 |
Compiled by Frances Larson 2003
