British Museum Oc,+.1158

This is a list of known Pitt-Rivers items donated to other collectors or collections:

Henry Christy

Af.240
BM Department: Africa, Oceania & Americas
Description Poisoned arrow made of iron, cane, feathers, fibre Upper Nile River, Sudan or Egypt. One of two items numbered Christy 240 [other is a Barkcloth beater from Hawaii] ?Therefore acquired from Henry Christy
Acquired: 1860-1869 [I would guess most likely to be late 1860s]
Associated numbers: Af186?C1.240
Bibliographic details: Unknown
Displayed: Unknown
Photographed: No [site shows photo of ?catalogue entry]

Oc,+.1158
BM Department: Africa, Oceania & Americas
Description Vanuatu, Penama (province), Pentecost carved wood club with sling of vegetable fibre. Length: 32.5 inches (from registration slip). Christy collection registration slip, 1880:
New Hebrides. Club of brown wood spreading out at the head where it is carved in relief on both sides in the form of a human face with pierced nose: a knob at the handle. Along the handle slides a sling of stuff bound with cord, for carrying the weapon. From Pentecost Island. "Carried hanging by sling over the cap of the shoulder hanging down behind: to use they are jerked back and slung over the head describing a circle, launched forward at the opponent, the sling slipping down the arm is caught in the hand and the club jerked back. They are very dexterous in the use of these clubs." Description that came with the club.
Acquired: May 19 1880 Salisbury  [Registration slip information: 'Pres. by General A.H. Pitt Rivers (Lane Fox). May 19, 1880. Salisbury]
Associated numbers: Oc1880C2.1158 / Oc1972Q1.108
Bibliographic details: Unknown
Displayed: Unknown
Photographed: No

It is not known when this club was acquired, or from whom or why Pitt-Rivers donated it to the Christy collection. There are items listed in the black book at the Pitt Rivers Museum (ie that were displayed at Bethnal Green Museum / South Kensington Museum) that have not yet been identified at the Pitt Rivers Museum from the New Hebrides, but their descriptions do not match this object.

Af.240
BM Department: Africa, Oceania & Americas
Description: Poisoned? arrow made of iron, cane, feathers, fibre. Sudan Upper Nile One of two items numbered Christy 240. (Other is barkcloth beater from Hawaii). Acquisition date 1860-1869 Collected by Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers Donated by Henry Christy
Acquired: Unknown
Associated Numbers: Af186?C1.240 (old CDMS no.)
Displayed: Unknown
Photograph of catalogue entry on website

There are also a large number of stone tools from Pitt-Rivers' excavation at Cissbury given to Henry Christy which were later transferred to the British Museum with the rest of the Christy collection. Note that none of these have yet been photographed by the BM:

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.1 Flint hammer stone. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 9 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.2 Flint hammer stone. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.3 Flint hammer stone, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.4 Flint core. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.5 Flint core. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 9 Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.6 Flint core, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.7 Flint core, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 17 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.8 Flint core, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 11 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.9 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 11 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.10 Flint core, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 11 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.11 Flint axe roughout, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

[No record of C.12 on BM collections database online, but this might be an object from this collection]

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.13 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.14 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 11 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.15 Flint nodule, worked West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.16 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.17 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.18  Flint tool or implement, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.19 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.20 Flint core. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.20a Flint axe flaked fragment, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.20b Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 17 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.21 Flint tool/implement, West Sussex, Cissbury Ditch 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.22 Flint tool/implement, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.23 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.24 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10  1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.25 Flint scraper end, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 17 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

[No record of C.26 on BM collections database online, but this might be an object from this collection]

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.27 Flint axe roughout, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 1 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.28 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.29 Flint axe, flaked. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 1 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.30 Flint axe, flaked. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 9 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.30a Flint axe, flaked. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.31 Flint axe polished fragment, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 6 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.32 Flint axe, flaked, fragment. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.33 Flint axe, flaked. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.34 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 17 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.35 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.36 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 23 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.37 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 1 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.37a Flint chisel, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.38 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.39 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 23 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.40 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 1 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.41 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 1 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.42 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Ditch floor 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.43 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.44 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.45 Flint axe flaked, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.46 Flint chisel, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 1 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.47 Flint borer, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.48 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.49 Flint Scraper, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.50 Flint borer, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 9 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.51 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 10 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.52 Flint Scraper end, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Rampart 1868 Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.53 Retouched flint flake, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 23 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.54 Flint edge tool, West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 9 1868. Neolithic. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.55 Flint Scraper end, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868 Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.56 Retouched flint flake, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868 Pit 17. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.57 Retouched flint flake, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868 Pit 11. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.58 Retouched flint flake, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868 Pit 17. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.59 Flint knife, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868 Pit 11. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.60 Retouched flint flake. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.61 Flint Scraper end, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.62 Flint Scraper end, Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.63 Flint core. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.64 Antler beam fragment. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.65 Antler beam fragment. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.66 Bone, cow, metacarpal. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.67 Tooth molar. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury 1868. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.68 Shell oyster. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 2. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.69 Shell marine. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury Pit 5. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.70 Shell marine. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.71 Shell marine. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

British Museum Dept of Prehistory and Europe C.72 Two boxes of marine shells. Neolithic. West Sussex, Cissbury. Given to Henry Christy and came to the British Museum via the Christy Fund.

See also here for items donated directly by Pitt-Rivers to the British Museum

AP March 2012

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