General Fox-Pitt-Rivers: catalogues of his collections.
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1899
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 collection (paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Bibliography
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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