[article ID:206]
List of Asian countries:
Afghanistan
Andaman Islands India
Armenia
Australia / Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
Chechnya
China
China [Hong Kong and Wei Hai Wei]
Cocos (Keeling) Islands / Australia
East Timor
Georgia
Guam
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq [from 1921]
Israel
Japan
Jordan [from 1921]
Kazakhstan
Korea
Kuwait [sort of, but counted]
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
Nicobar Islands India
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Qatar [from 1916]
Russia [Siberia]
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tibet
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Wrangel Island (Vrangelya Ostrov)
Yemen
[countries in red are considered part of British Empire for purposes of these statistics]
Of these the following are defined as SE Asia:
Brunei
Cambodia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands / Australia
East Timor
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar (Burma)
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
[countries in red are considered part of British Empire for purposes of these statistics]
[article ID:209]
These numbers below are generated [as have all other country totals for all continents] by simply finding the country and counting the total number of objects ie no account is taken of single entries with more than one country assigned to it or double counting. Our assumption has been that this double counting should, more or less, be cancelled out and of little effect (though we do not know this to be true). Asian entries seem particularly beset by double counting of countries for single object and for that reason, for this continent only consistently we have been through each country and marked which are worst affected by double counting and which countries roughly have been double counted
Afghanistan - 74 [some double counting with India and Russia]
Andaman Islands India - 826 [Vast majority definite, a small amount of double counting with Burma]
Armenia - 7 [some double counting with Greece and Russia]
Australia / Cocos (Keeling) Islands - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
Azerbaijan - 2 [double counted with other countries, none definite]
Bahrain - 5 [All definite]
Bangladesh - 185* [All definite]
Bhutan - 13 [double counted with other countries, few definite]
Brunei - 19 [most of the Brunei entries are definite, a few are double counted with Malaysia etc]
Cambodia - 6 [2 of the Cambodian entries are definite, rest are double counted with neighbouring countries etc]
Chechnya- 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
China - 3,776 [excluding Hong Kong etc][A very small number of entries double counted with Mongolia and with India]
China [Hong Kong and Wei Hai Wei] - 64 [all definite Hong Kong]
Cocos (Keeling) Islands / Australia - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
East Timor - 18 [NB double counting with Indonesia]
Georgia - 16 [All but one definite Georgia, that one Caucasus]
Guam - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
India - 13,719* [some double counting with other neighbouring countries such as Nepal]
Indonesia - 785 [the majority are definitely Indonesia, some double countings with Singapore]
Iran - 184 [Vast majority definite]
Iraq - 203 [Majority definite, some double counting with neighbouring countries and Egypt]
Israel - 2,789 [NB substantial double counting with Palestine and Jordan]
Japan - 4,263 [Vast majority definite]
Jordan - 215 [NB substantial double counting with Palestine and Israel]
Kazakhstan - 3 [All definite]
Korea - 589 [4 are specifically North Korean, 190 are specifically South Korean - both these figures are included in this total from this point it will be considered as an entity, all definitely Korean]
Kuwait - 2 [All definite]
Kyrgyzstan - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
Laos - 20 [Minority definite, majority double counted with neighbouring countries etc]
Lebanon - 51 [All definite except for those that are double counted with UK?!]
Macau - 110
Malaysia - 3,280 [Vast majority definite, some double counting with Singapore]
Maldives - 2 [All definite]
Mongolia - 315 [the majority are double counted with China]
Myanmar (Burma) - 3038 [Vast majority definite some double counting with Thailand]
Nepal - 167 [Large number double counted with either India or Tibet]
Nicobar Islands India - 605 [All? definite]
North Korea - see Korea above
Oman - 2 [All definite]
Pakistan - 229* [Vast majority definite except small amount of double counting with Afghanistan]
Palestine - 362 [NB substantial double counting with Israel and Jordan]
Philippines - 163 [Vast majority definite some double counting with Malaysia and !Sudan]
Qatar - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
Russia [Siberia] - 219 [All definite]
Saudi Arabia - 25 [All definite]
Singapore - 133 [Double counting with Malaysia and Indonesia]
South Korea - see Korea above
Sri Lanka - 1,456 [Majority definite some double counting with India etc]
Syria - 192 [Majority definite some double counting with neighbouring countries etc]
Taiwan - 153 [All definite ]
Tajikistan - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
Thailand - 1,290 [Majority definite some double counting with Burma and Malaysia etc]
Tibet - 474 [Some double counting with neighbouring countries]
Turkey - 344 [Some double counting with neighbouring countries etc]
Turkmenistan - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
United Arab Emirates - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
Uzbekistan - 12 [Majority definite, some double counting with neighbouring countries]
Vietnam - 26 [Some double counting with neighbouring countries]
Wrangel Island (Vrangelya Ostrov) - 0 [excluded from stats from this point]
Yemen - 43 [Majority definite, some double counting with Somalia]
'British' India [ie could be either India, Bangladesh or Pakistan] - 1,808
Note that the total count for the whole of British India (that is British India as given above plus India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Nicobar and Andaman Islands separate figures is 17372
[countries in blue will not be included in statistics in future as there are no objects from them]
India / Bangladesh / Pakistan*
Of course, between 1884 and 1945 India covered all 3 countries and was not differentiated, there are many entries which are not sufficiently well provenanced to enable a single country to be identified and therefore all 3 countries have to be identified leading to a large degree of duplication and double counting. Here are the figures excluding double counting:
Bangladesh - 185
India - 13,719
Pakistan - 229
British India (ie could be any one of the above 3 countries) - 1,808
It is most likely that the highest proportion of the British India entries actually came from modern day India but this can never be known for sure.
Countries in descending order:
India - 13,719*
Japan - 4,263
China - 3,776 [excluding Hong Kong etc]
Malaysia - 3,280
Myanmar (Burma) - 3,038
Israel - 2,789
'British' India [ie could be either India, Bangladesh or Pakistan] - 1,808
Sri Lanka - 1,456
Thailand - 1,290
Andaman Islands India - 826
Indonesia - 785
Nicobar Islands India - 605
Korea - 589
Tibet - 474
Palestine - 362
Turkey - 344
Mongolia - 315
Pakistan - 229*
Russia [Siberia] - 219
Jordan - 215
Iraq - 203
Syria - 192
Bangladesh - 185*
Iran - 184
Nepal - 167
Philippines - 163
Taiwan - 153
Singapore - 133
Macau - 110
Afghanistan - 74
China [Hong Kong] - 64
Lebanon - 51
Yemen - 43
Vietnam - 26
Saudi Arabia - 25
Laos - 20
Brunei - 19
East Timor - 18
Georgia - 16
Bhutan - 13
Uzbekistan - 12
Armenia - 7
Cambodia - 6
Bahrain - 5
Kazakhstan - 3
Azerbaijan - 2
Kuwait - 2
Maldives - 2
Oman - 2
[countries in red were colonies]
India is the largest country's collections easily from Asia, it is nearly 3 times larger than the next largest country, it would be even larger if it had been possible to provenance all those objects which can only be classified as coming from British India.
Two ex-colonies have been excluded from the statistics at this point because there are no objects from these countries:
Cocos (Keeling)
Qatar
SE Asia:
Brunei - 19
Cambodia - 6
Cocos (Keeling) Islands / Australia - 0
East Timor - 18
Indonesia - 785
Laos - 20
Malaysia - 3,280
Myanmar (Burma) - 3,038
Philippines - 163
Singapore - 133
Thailand - 1,290
Vietnam - 26
Total for SE Asia: 8,778 [22 per cent of total Asian collections]
