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

Part 3 Continents and colonial status

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COLONIAL COUNTRIES [ie part of British Empire]

African colonial countries

Number of objects

Ascension Island

0

Botswana

177

Egypt

8,673

The Gambia

55

Ghana

4,331

Kenya

1,085

Lesotho

22

Malawi

546

Mauritius

3

Namibia

53

Nigeria

7,119

Seychelles

6

Sierra Leone

167

Somalia

436

South Africa

6,747

St Helena

0

Sudan

4,754

Swaziland

4

Tanzania

814

Tristan da Cunha St Helena

0

Uganda

1,245

Zambia

734

Zimbabwe

1,170

Total African colonial countries

38,141

Americas Colonial countries

Number of objects

Anguilla

0

Antigua

12

Bahamas

1

Barbados

47

Belize

0

Bermuda

1

Canada

1,682

Cayman Islands

0

Dominica

6

Falkland Islands

4

Grenada

1

Guyana

740

Jamaica

38

Montserrat

0

South Georgia

0

St Kitts - Nevis

17

St Lucia

24

St Vincent & the Grenadines

29

Trinidad & Tobago

12

Turks & Caicos Islands

0

Virgin Islands

19

Windward Islands

1

Total Americas colonial countries

2,634

Asian Colonial countries

Number of objects

Andaman Islands India

826

Australia [Cocos (Keeling) Islands

0

Bahrain

5

Bangladesh

185

Brunei

19

China [Hong Kong]

64

India

13,719

'British India'

1,808

Iraq

203

Israel

2,789

Jordan

215

Kuwait

2

Malaysia

3,280

Maldives

2

Myanmar (Burma)

3,038

Nicobar Islands India

605

Pakistan

229

Palestine

362

Qatar

0

Singapore

133

Sri Lanka

1,456

Yemen

43

Total Asian colonial countries

28,983

Australian colonial countries

Number of objects

Heard & McDonald Islands

0

Australia / Total Australian colonial countries

18,465

European colonial countries

Number of objects

Cyprus

424

Gibraltar

1

Malta

435

UK

25,596

Total European colonial countries

26,456

Oceanian colonial countries

Number of objects

Australia [Norfolk Island]

0

Cook Islands

111

Fiji

1,009

Kiribati

205

Nauru

0

New Zealand

1,620

Niue

125

Papua New Guinea

7,537

Pitcairn Islands

100

Samoa

346

Solomon Islands

3,154

South Sandwich Islands

0

Tokelau Islands

1

Tonga

290

Tuvalu

188

Vanuatu

956

Western Samoa

0

Total Oceanian colonial countries

15,642

NON-COLONIAL COUNTRIES / CONTINENTS

African non-colonial Countries

Number of objects

Algeria

2,480

Angola

702

Benin Republic

58

Burkina Faso

19

Burundi

173

Cameroon Cameroun

1,756

Cape Verde

133

Central African Republic

36

Chad

182

Comoros Islands

2

Congo, Democratic Republic of

1,635

Congo, People's Republic of

178

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast

19

Djibouti

25

Equatorial Guinea

19

Eritrea

8

Ethiopia

172

Gabon

356

Guinea

18

Guinea-Bissau

13

Liberia

30

Libya

240

Madagascar

147

Mali

77

Mauritania

193

Mayotte

0

Melilla

0

Morocco

635

Mozambique (Moçambique)

259

Niger

309

Portugal [Madeira]

0

Reúnion

0

Rwanda

183

São Tomé & Príncipe

0

Senegal

31

Togo

91

Tunisia

395

Western Sahara

0

Total for African non-colonial countries

10,574

Americas non-colonial Countries

Number of objects

Argentina

457

Aruba

0

Bolivia

167

Brazil

316

Chile

663

Colombia

137

Costa Rica

25

Cuba

3

Dominican Republic

3

Ecuador

921

El Salvador

14

French Guiana

1

Galapagos Islands Ecuador

0

Greenland

217

Guadeloupe

4

Guatemala

54

Haiti

3

Honduras

14

Martinique France

0

Mexico

806

Netherlands Antilles

3

Nicaragua

16

Panama

168

Paraguay

462

Peru

2,852

Puerto Rico

6

Sta Pierre & Miquelon

0

Surinam Suriname

19

Uruguay

13

USA

3945

Venezuela

4

Total for Americas non-colonial countries

11,293

Asian non-colonial Countries

Number of objects

Afghanistan

74

Armenia

7

Azerbaijan

2

Bhutan

13

Cambodia

6

Chechnya

0

China [Excluding Hong Kong]

3776

East Timor

18

Georgia

16

Guam

0

Indonesia

785

Iran

184

Japan

4,263

Kazakhstan

3

Korea

589

Kyrgyzstan

0

Laos

20

Lebanon

51

Macau

110

Mongolia

315

Nepal

167

Oman

2

Philippines

163

Russia [Siberia]

219

Saudi Arabia

25

Syria

192

Taiwan

153

Tajikistan

0

Thailand

1,290

Tibet

474

Turkey

344

Turkmenistan

0

United Arab Emirates

0

Uzbekistan

12

Vietnam

26

Wrangel Island (Vrangelya Ostrov)

0

Total Asian non-colonial countries

13,299

European non-colonial Countries

Number of objects

Albania

179

Andorra

3

Austria

424

Belarus

4

Belgium

455

Bosnia Herzegovina Yugoslavia

155

Bulgaria

13

Croatia Yugoslavia

48

Czech Republic

32

Denmark

822

Estonia

4

Finland

176

France

4,683

Germany

637

Greece

554

Hungary

91

Iceland

79

Ireland

324

Italy

2,123

Latvia

4

Liechtenstein

0

Lithuania

4

Luxembourg

0

Macedonia Yugoslavia

13

Moldova

0

Monaco

0

Montenegro Yugoslavia

61

The Netherlands

138

Norway

579

Poland

31

Portugal

184

Romania

22

Russia [excluding Siberia]

475

San Marino

0

Serbia Yugoslavia

24

Slovakia

2

Slovenia

2

Spain

410

Sweden

650

Switzerland

835

Ukraine

78

Vatican City

8

Yugoslavia

0

Total for European non-colonial countries

14,326

Oceanian non-colonial Countries

Number of objects

American Samoa

0

Easter Island Rapa Nui

902

Gambier Islands French Polynesia

84

Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

625

Marquesas Islands French Polynesia

86

Marshall Islands

53

Micronesia, Federated States of [Caroline Islands]

222

New Caledonia Nouvelle Calédonie

304

Northern Mariana Islands

0

Palau, Republic of [Caroline Islands]

66

Ross Dependency

0

Society Islands French Polynesia

164

Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia

13

Tubuai Islands French Polynesia

80

USA [Hawaii]

142

Wallis & Futuna Islands

4

Total for Oceanian non-colonial countries

2,745

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