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

Pitt Rivers Museum

Named collectors up to 1945 - Hutton top 20s

Hutton as field collector, top 20 classes and countries

[article ID:438]

Rank

Class

Number of objects

1

Weapons [definite]

824

2

Ornaments & Beads

511

3

Clothing

438

4

Status

406

5

Currency

383

6

Tool or weapon

275

7

Basketry

253

8

Religion

218

9

Textile

211

10

Narcotic

192

11

Tool (definite)

185

12

Vessel

167

12

Figure

159

12

Specimen

156

15

Music

137

16

Death

117

17

Fire

115

18

Food

107

19

Headhunting

98

20

{Agriculture / {Animalia

97

Rank

Country

Number of objects

1

India

3,298

2

UK

51

3

British India

7

4

Burma

5

5

Nepal

3

6

Bangladesh

2

7

Sri Lanka

1

8

Unknown [Asia]

1

9

-

10

-

11

-

12

-

13

-

14

-

15

-

16

-

17

-

18

-

19

-

20

Hutton as donor, top 20 classes and countries

[article ID:439]

Rank

Class

Number of objects

1

Weapons [definite]

847

2

Ornaments & Beads

562

3

Clothing

442

4

Status

407

5

Currency

383

6

Tool or weapon

330

7

Religion

261

8

Basketry

251

9

Textile

211

10

Narcotic

192

11

Tool (definite)

187

12

Vessel

176

13

Figure

167

14

Specimen

152

15

Music

144

16

Death

119

17

Food

107

18

Fire

99

19

Headhunting

99

20

{Agriculture / {Animalia

97

Rank

Country

Number of objects

1

India

3,346

2

UK

51

3

British India

7

4

Burma

5

5

Bangladesh

3

6

Solomon Ids

1

7

Sri Lanka

1

8

Unknown [Asia]

1

9

-

10

-

11

-

12

-

13

-

14

-

15

-

16

-

17

-

18

-

18

-

20

-

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