ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

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Characteristics of the Somerset collections

 

These tables show the numbers of objects from Somerset 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

879

12

Ethnography

593

5

Archaeology

270

14

Other

16

12


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

Transport

347

1

Technique

334

2

Writing

331

1

Tool only

220

16

Textile

133

5

Religion

46

3

Tool & Weapon

42

8

Animalia

32

4

Specimen

27

11

Box

23

10

Ornament & Beadwork

22

8

Fire

21

6

Death

20

4


 

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

Textile

131

5

Tool only

47

7

Religion

26

3

Box

23

10

Fire

21

6

Death

20

4

Music

27

5

Specimen

15

3

Measure

13

8

Lock

10

10

Food

10

6

Animalia

8

3

Animal Gear

7

4

Dwelling

7

6

Toy & Game

6

7

Children

6

5

Ornament & Bead

6

9

Figure

6

7

Agriculture

6

7

 

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