9 volumes, 1882-99, chronological catalogues of antiquities and ethnographical material: date of acquisition / article and description / price / location in various residences ('Place where it might be found', annotated to show rearrangement of collection, later 'Deposited at' / 'Transferred to'), many items illustrated with pen-and-wash drawings by G.F. Waldo Johnson and others.
General Fox-Pitt-Rivers: catalogues of his collections.
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- Dates of Creation1882-1899
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description1 collection paper paper
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Acquisition Information
Presented by the Pitt-Rivers Trust (senior family member G.Anthony Pitt-Rivers) per Professor Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, 1997. Item [10] presented by G. Anthony Pitt-Rivers, 2004.
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A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.
Bibliography
For an obituary of Pitt-Rivers, see Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, xviii, p.338. See also Michael Thompson and Colin Renfrew, 'The catalogues of the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset' in Antiquity 73 (1999).