NB A single artefact may well be categorised as more than type of object eg a fishing spear would be categorised as both 'Fishing' and 'Weapon'. Photographs from the OXCMS photographic collections are included in these statistics.
Note that the archaeological collections from Oxfordshire are omitted.
Type of object |
Number of objects |
Agriculture |
723 |
Animalia |
185 |
Animal Gear |
960 |
Archery Weapon |
4 |
Armour Weapon |
7 |
Bag |
335 |
Barkcloth |
0 |
Basketry |
131 |
Bead |
13 |
Body Art |
2 |
Box |
995 |
Carving |
30 |
Ceremonial |
16 |
Children |
967 |
Clothing |
4,202 |
Commemoration |
0 |
Cordage |
35 |
Currency |
792 |
Dance |
14 |
Death |
48 |
Divination Religion |
0 |
Dwelling |
1,277 |
Fan |
27 |
Figure |
125 |
Fire |
374 |
Firearm Weapon |
109 |
Fishing |
22 |
Food |
2,326 |
Food-gathering |
1 |
Furniture Dwelling |
728 |
Geology |
57 |
Headhunting |
0 |
Hunting |
74 |
Insignia |
1,487 |
Lighting |
438 |
Lock |
145 |
Marriage |
66 |
Mask |
3 |
Measurement |
550 |
Medicine |
103 |
Metallurgy |
162 |
Model |
113 |
Music |
294 |
Narcotic |
490 |
Navigation |
79 |
Ornament |
428 |
Photograph |
9,346 |
Physical Anthropology |
3 |
Picture |
1,760 |
Plant |
17 |
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Pottery |
744 |
Punishment and Torture |
42 |
Religion |
66 |
Reproduction |
436 |
Scientific Apparatus |
140 |
Specimen |
255 |
Sport |
40 |
Status |
196 |
Technique |
0 |
Textile |
3,304 |
Theatre |
12 |
Time |
142 |
Toilet |
365 |
Tool |
9,038 |
Toy & Game |
1,742 |
Trade |
251 |
Transport |
343 |
Vessel |
3,826 |
Weapon |
297 |
Writing |
6,280 |
Unknown |
262 |