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The founding collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum
Where do objects in the Pitt Rivers come from?
Egypt
Treatment of the dead
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Pitt-Rivers
Balfour
Penniman
Tylor
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Body Arts
Hair
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Ta Moko
Tattooing
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Scarification
Uli
Mirrors
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Body Painting
Weapons and armour
Japanese Arms and Armour
Defensive Weapons
Masks
Masks and carvings - West Africa
Noh masks
Masks at the PRM
Amulets and
Charms
Methods of making fire
Shrunken Heads
Mavungu
Human form in art
The Japanese collection
"To Please the Spirits": Native American clothing
Ivory, bone, antler and horn
Court art of Benin
The Cook collection
The Haida totem pole
Aboriginal Australia
South American feather headdresses
Maori Door Carving
African metalworking
Surgical instruments
The collection of Native American photographs
Games
South American Tropical Forest Material
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