Charles Seligman Beatrice Blackwood PRM Museum John Hutton Henry Balfour Edward Tylor Augustus Fox

Comparison of Geographical statistics regarding the Pitt Rivers Museum's collections up to 1945 - Archaeology and Ethnographic items by country in alphabetical order

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Countries

Related continent

Archaeology

Ethnography

Arch or Ethn

Total number of objects

Afghanistan

Asia

0

72

2

74

Albania

Europe

1

173

5

179

Algeria

Africa

1,340

1123

17

2,480

American Samoa

Oceania Polynesia

0

0

0

included as Samoa

Andaman Islands India

Asia

0

813

13

826

Andorra

Europe

0

3

0

3

Angola

Africa

0

702

0

702

Anguilla

America Middle

0

0

0

0

Antigua

America Middle

0

12

0

12

Argentina

America South

233

214

10

457

Armenia

Asia

0

7

0

7

Aruba

America Middle

0

0

0

0

Ascension Island

Africa

0

0

0

0

Australia

Australia

2,413

2,569

13,483

18,465

Australia [Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Asia

0

0

0

0

Australia [Norfolk Island]

Oceania Melanesia

0

0

0

0

Austria

Europe

14

396

14

424

Azerbaijan

Asia

0

2

0

2

Bahamas

America Middle

0

1

0

1

Bahrain

Asia

0

5

0

5

Bangladesh

Asia

0

185

0

185

Barbados

America Middle

38

5

4

47

Belarus

Europe

0

4

0

4

Belgium

Europe

257

189

9

455

Belize

America Middle

0

0

0

0

Benin Republic

Africa

13

44

1

58

Bermuda

America Middle

1

0

0

1

Bhutan

Asia

0

13

0

13

Bolivia

America South

37

123

7

167

Bosnia Herzegovina Yugoslavia

Europe

0

144

11

155

Botswana

Africa

19

147

11

177

Brazil

America South

4

303

9

316

Brunei

Asia

0

19

0

19

Bulgaria

Europe

0

13

0

13

Burkina Faso

Africa

0

19

0

19

Burundi

Africa

0

173

0

173

Cambodia

Asia

0

6

0

6

Cameroon Cameroun

Africa

828

927

1

1,756

Canada

America North

422

1,150

110

1,682

Cape Verde

Africa

131

2

0

133

Cayman Islands

America Middle

0

0

0

0

Central African Republic

Africa

0

36

0

36

Chad

Africa

3

179

0

182

Chechnya

Asia

0

0

0

0

Chile

America South

360

275

28

663

China [Excluding Hong Kong]

Asia

55

3,674

47

3,776

China [Hong Kong]

Asia

0

64

0

64

Colombia

America South

36

99

2

137

Comoros Islands

Africa

0

2

0

2

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Africa

15

1,620

0

1,635

Congo, People's Republic of

Africa

5

173

0

178

Cook Islands

Oceania Polynesia

1

109

1

111

Costa Rica

America Middle

16

5

4

25

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast

Africa

0

19

0

19

Croatia Yugoslavia

Europe

2

46

0

48

Cuba

America Middle

0

2

1

3

Cyprus

Europe

270

150

4

424

Czech Republic

Europe

4

28

0

32

Denmark

Europe

665

154

3

822

Djibouti

Africa

1

24

0

25

Dominica

America Middle

1

5

0

6

Dominican Republic

America Middle

3

0

0

3

East Timor

Asia

0

18

0

18

Easter Island Rapa Nui

Oceania Polynesia

0

144

758

902

Ecuador

America South

682

208

31

921

Egypt

Africa

7,847

707

119

8,673

El Salvador

America Middle

14

0

0

14

Equatorial Guinea

Africa

0

19

0

19

Eritrea

Africa

0

8

0

8

Estonia

Europe

0

4

0

4

Ethiopia

Africa

2

170

0

172

Falkland Islands

America South

0

4

0

4

Fiji

Oceania Melanesia

3

992

14

1,009

Finland

Europe

1

175

0

176

France

Europe

3,644

885

154

4,683

French Guiana

America South

0

1

0

1

Gabon

Africa

0

356

0

356

Galapagos Islands Ecuador

America South

0

0

0

0

The Gambia

Africa

0

55

0

55

Gambier Islands French Polynesia

Oceania Polynesia

0

29

55

84

Georgia

Asia

1

15

0

16

Germany

Europe

87

510

40

637

Ghana

Africa

580

3,570

181

4,331

Gibraltar

Europe

0

1

0

1

Greece

Europe

345

204

5

554

Greenland

America North

0

208

9

217

Grenada

America Middle

1

0

0

1

Guadeloupe

America Middle

2

2

0

4

Guam

Asia

0

0

0

0

Guatemala

America Middle

20

34

0

54

Guinea

Africa

7

11

0

18

Guinea-Bissau

Africa

0

13

0

13

Guyana

America South

17

710

13

740

Haiti

America Middle

2

1

0

3

Heard & McDonald Islands

Australia

0

0

0

0

Honduras

America Middle

8

1

5

14

Hungary

Europe

37

45

9

91

Iceland

Europe

22

57

0

79

India

Asia

1,058

12,506

155

13,719

'British India'

Asia

30

1,751

27

1,808

Indonesia

Asia

1

783

1

785

Iran

Asia

4

178

2

184

Iraq

Asia

176

26

1

203

Ireland

Europe

191

94

39

324

Irian Jaya (Indonesia)[1]

Oceania Melanesia

0

135

0

135

Israel

Asia

2,474

309

6

2,789

Italy

Europe

658

1,397

68

2,123

Jamaica

America Middle

27

11

0

38

Japan

Asia

509

3754

0

4,263

Jordan

Asia

34

176

5

215

Kazakhstan

Asia

0

3

0

3

Kenya

Africa

123

960

2

1,085

Kiribati

Oceania Melanesia

0

205

0

205

Korea

Asia

44

541

4

589

Kuwait

Asia

0

2

0

2

Kyrgyzstan

Asia

0

0

0

0

Laos

Asia

0

20

0

20

Latvia

Europe

0

4

0

4

Lebanon

Asia

21

30

0

51

Lesotho

Africa

2

20

0

22

Liberia

Africa

0

30

0

30

Libya

Africa

123

117

0

240

Liechtenstein

Europe

0

0

0

0

Lithuania

Europe

0

4

0

4

Luxembourg

Europe

0

0

0

0

Macau

Asia

0

110

0

110

Macedonia Yugoslavia

Europe

0

13

0

13

Madagascar

Africa

0

147

0

147

Malawi

Africa

41

503

2

546

Malaysia

Asia

71

3,043

166

3,280

Maldives

Asia

0

2

0

2

Mali

Africa

2

75

0

77

Malta

Europe

395

40

0

435

Marquesas Islands French Polynesia

Oceania Polynesia

0

86

0

86

Marshall Islands

Oceania Micronesia

0

53

0

53

Martinique France

America Middle

0

0

0

0

Mauritania

Africa

193

0

0

193

Mauritius

Africa

0

3

0

3

Mayotte

Africa

0

0

0

0

Melilla

Africa

0

0

0

0

Mexico

America Middle

496

295

15

806

Micronesia, Federated States of [Caroline Islands]

Oceania Micronesia

11

211

0

222

Moldova

Europe

0

0

0

0

Monaco

Europe

0

0

0

0

Mongolia

Asia

0

314

1

315

Montenegro Yugoslavia

Europe

0

61

0

61

Montserrat

America Middle

0

0

0

0

Morocco

Africa

95

539

1

635

Mozambique (Moçambique)

Africa

0

259

0

259

Myanmar (Burma)

Asia

74

2,944

20

3,038

Namibia

Africa

0

53

0

53

Nauru

Oceania Micronesia

0

0

0

0

Nepal

Asia

1

166

0

167

The Netherlands

Europe

0

138

0

138

Netherlands Antilles

America Middle

0

3

0

3

New Caledonia Nouvelle Calédonie

Oceania Melanesia

5

294

5

304

New Guinea [2]

Oceanian Melanesia

4

483

3

490

New Zealand

Oceania Polynesia

185

1,068

367

1,620

Nicaragua

America Middle

0

5

11

16

Nicobar Islands India

Asia

0

605

0

605

Niger

Africa

0

308

1

309

Nigeria

Africa

900

6,162

57

7,119

Niue

Oceania Polynesia

0

125

0

125

North Korea

Asia

0

0

0

Included as Korea

Northern Mariana Islands

Oceania Micronesia

0

0

0

0

Norway

Europe

35

536

8

579

Oman

Asia

0

2

0

2

Pakistan

Asia

36

166

27

229

Palau, Republic of [Caroline Islands]

Oceania Micronesia

0

65

1

66

Palestine

Asia

103

256

3

362

Panama

America Middle

72

95

1

168

Papua New Guinea[3]

Oceania Melanesia

25

6,765

257

7,047

Paraguay

America South

2

460

0

462

Peru

America South

1,962

842

48

2,852

Philippines

Asia

0

163

0

163

Pitcairn Islands

Oceania Polynesia

2

16

82

100

Poland

Europe

1

30

0

31

Portugal

Europe

3

180

1

184

Portugal [Madeira]

Africa

0

0

0

0

Puerto Rico

America Middle

6

0

0

6

Qatar

Asia

0

0

0

0

Reúnion

Africa

0

0

0

0

Romania

Europe

1

21

0

22

Ross Dependency

Oceania

0

0

0

0

Russia [excluding Siberia]

Europe

19

456

0

475

Russia [Siberia]

Asia

25

193

1

219

Rwanda

Africa

0

183

0

183

Samoa

Oceania Polynesia

20

322

4

346

San Marino

Europe

0

0

0

0

São Tomé & Príncipe

Africa

0

0

0

0

Saudi Arabia

Asia

0

25

0

25

Senegal

Africa

0

31

0

31

Serbia Yugoslavia

Europe

0

24

0

24

Seychelles

Africa

0

6

0

6

Sierra Leone

Africa

2

160

5

167

Singapore

Asia

0

133

0

133

Slovakia

Europe

0

2

0

2

Slovenia

Europe

0

2

0

2

Society Islands French Polynesia

Oceania Polynesia

1

162

1

164

Solomon Islands

Oceania Melanesia

0

3,146

8

3,154

Somalia

Africa

132

292

12

436

South Africa

Africa

4171

2,434

142

6,747

South Georgia

America South

0

0

0

0

South Korea

Asia

0

0

0

Included as Korea

South Sandwich Islands

Oceania Polynesia

0

0

0

0

Spain

Europe

51

356

3

410

Sri Lanka

Asia

1,095

360

1

1,456

St Helena

Africa

0

0

0

0

St Kitts - Nevis

America Middle

17

0

0

17

St Lucia

America Middle

22

0

2

24

Sta Pierre & Miquelon

America Middle

0

0

0

0

St Vincent & the Grenadines

America Middle

27

1

1

29

Sudan

Africa

2,959

1,674

121

4,754

Surinam Suriname

America South

0

19

0

19

Swaziland

Africa

1

3

0

4

Sweden

Europe

107

538

5

650

Switzerland

Europe

676

157

2

835

Syria

Asia

24

164

4

192

Taiwan

Asia

0

153

0

153

Tajikistan

Asia

0

0

0

0

Tanzania

Africa

7

690

117

814

Thailand

Asia

0

1,287

3

1,290

Tibet

Asia

2

472

0

474

Togo

Africa

0

89

2

91

Tokelau Islands

Oceania Polynesia

0

1

0

1

Tonga

Oceania Polynesia

1

286

3

290

Trinidad & Tobago

America Middle

10

0

2

12

Tristan da Cunha St Helena

Africa

0

0

0

0

Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia

Oceania Polynesia

2

11

0

13

Tubuai Islands French Polynesia

Oceania Polynesia

2

51

27

80

Tunisia

Africa

317

71

7

395

Turkey

Asia

58

284

2

344

Turkmenistan

Asia

0

0

0

0

Turks & Caicos Islands

America Middle

0

0

0

0

Tuvalu

Oceania Polynesia

0

188

0

188

Uganda

Africa

453

792

0

1,245

UK

Europe

18,316

6,762

518

25,596

Ukraine

Europe

29

48

1

78

United Arab Emirates

Asia

0

0

0

0

Unprovenanced North America

America North

198

1,118

220

1,536

Uruguay

America South

0

12

1

13

USA

America North

2,039

1,753

153

3,945

USA [Hawaii]

Oceania Polynesia

1

110

31

142

Uzbekistan

Asia

0

12

0

12

Vanuatu

Oceania Melanesia

3

944

9

956

Vatican City

Europe

0

8

0

8

Venezuela

America South

0

4

0

4

Vietnam

Asia

0

26

0

26

Virgin Islands

America Middle

7

12

0

19

Wallis & Futuna Islands

Oceania Polynesia

0

4

0

4

Western Sahara

Africa

0

0

0

0

Western Samoa

Oceania Polynesia

0

0

0

Included as Samoa

Windward Islands

America Middle

0

1

0

1

Wrangel Island (Vrangelya Ostrov)

Asia

0

0

0

0

Yemen

Asia

3

40

0

43

Yugoslavia

Europe

0

0

0

0

Zambia

Africa

203

530

1

734

Zimbabwe

Africa

745

345

80

1,170

ESRC 'Relational Museum'

October 2003



[1] See footnote 3

[2] see footnote 3, this is all the unspecifically provenanced items

[3] NB a number of objects are not provenanced beyond Island of New Guinea, this gives the definite figures for PNG, New Guinea given separately - in other appendices the double counted figures for PNG and Irian Jaya have been given

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