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Oceania

Secondary collectors / Donors:

Ashmolean - 593

Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers - 1,252

University Museum - 225

Total number of objects - 17,088

The transfers from the Ashmolean and University Museum were of course part of the rationalisation of the University's collections in the late nineteenth century. The only sure thing about these (because we cannot be sure that the museums acted as purposeful secondary collectors) is that all these objects predate 1884 and most will predate 1880 as will the founding collection from Pitt Rivers.

Field collectors

(those with D after their names were also donors)

Blackwood [D] - 2,468

Codrington [sometimes D] - 476

Macgregor - 858

Routledge [D] - 1,075

Smith - 430

Somerville [D] - 674

Wood [D via wife] - 478

Oceania Melanesia

Secondary collectors / Donors:

Ashmolean - 171

Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers - 822

Total number of objects - 12,362*

Field collectors

(those with D after their names were also donors)

Blackwood [D] - 2,408

Codrington [sometimes D] - 475

Macgregor - 718

Somerville [D] - 653

Wood [D via wife] - 261

Oceania Micronesia

Secondary collectors / Donors:

Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers - 64

Total number of objects - 513*

Field collectors:

(those with D after their names were also donors)

Wood [D via wife] - 209

[all other previously named large field collectors have none or insignificant numbers of items from Micronesia]

Oceania Polynesia

Secondary collectors / Donors:

Ashmolean - 452

Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers - 512

University Museum - 180

Total number of objects - 4,922*

Field collectors

(those with D after their names were also donors)

Macgregor - 152

Routledge [D] - 1,075

Smith - 411

[all other previously named large field collectors have none or insignificant numbers of items from Micronesia]

*There is some double counting between categories, presumably because of poor provenancing and because Fiji for example actually counts against both, this has probably artificially inflated Polynesia's total as only a very little of Fiji is actually in Polynesia but probably most of its undetailed provenances mean it says both continent regions against the entries. This double counting accounts for the fact that the Oceania total never matches the total of Melanesia + Micronesia + Polynesia + Unprovenanced

Cook Islands

There does not seem to be any prominent secondary or field collector of Cook Island material up to 1945

Fiji

There does not seem to be any prominent secondary or field collector of Cook Island material up to 1945 although people like C.F. Wood, A.M. Hocart etc did give reasonably sized collections (but not overwhelming)

Gambier Islands French Polynesia

The vast percentage of Gambier Island artefacts up to 1945 were collected (field) by William Scoresby Routledge

Irian Jaya [Indonesia]

The largest single (field) collector of objects from Irian Jaya up to 1945 was Lord Moyne although another sizeable collection was received from Moseley. Note that these have been calculated for items which definitely came from Irian Jaya not from those might items which might also have come from PNG.

Kiribati

There are a number of collectors who collected throughout the Pacific like Macgregor who are represented in the Kiribati collections but probably the largest single (secondary) collector and donor of Kiribati material was Pitt Rivers:

Marquesas Islands French Polynesia

There are a number of important secondary collectors and donors of Marquesian island material including the Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers. There is no one overwhelming field collector from this area, there are 11 objects from the Forsters (via the Ashmolean):

Marshall Islands

By far the largest field collector and donor (sometimes via his wife) of objects to the PRM from Marshall Islands up to 1945 was CF Wood (see biography):

Federated States of Micronesia [Caroline Islands]

As with the Marshall Islands CF Wood is by far the largest field collector and donor of Micronesian material up to 1945 (sometimes via his wife)

New Caledonia

There does not seem to be any single (or several) predominant field collectors of New Caledonian material - Pitt Rivers seems to be the single most dominating secondary collector / donor:

New Zealand

Probably the single most significant field collector (and secondary collector and donor) is Charles Smith:

Niue

With the exception of William George Lawes, a missionary, who donated a large collection of objects via Rolleston and the University Museum most Niue objects came in small numbers from a variety of the usual suspects.

Republic of Palau [Caroline Islands]

Again the relatively small number overall of objects from Palau were obtained from a variety of field and secondary collectors, the only sizeable donation came via Pitt Rivers:

Papua New Guinea

The most significant PNG collector was Beatrice Blackwood, There are many other field collectors, secondary collectors and donors but none with a single collection so large as Blackwood:

Pitcairn Islands

As with the Gambier Islands the largest field collector and donor of material from the Pitcairns was William Scoresby Routledge:

Rapa Nui [Easter Island]

Routledge is again the largest field collector and donor of items from Rapa Nui [by a large margin]:

Samoa

There seems to me to be no predominating or even larger field, secondary collector or donor for items from Samoa

Society Islands French Polynesia

There does not seem to be a particularly prominent field collector (or set thereof) but a large number of the objects from the Society Islands came via the Ashmolean:

Solomon Islands

There are several very large field collections from the Solomon Islands up to 1945 in the PRM, namely Blackwood, Somerville, Codrington, Drew and Macgregor:

Tokelau Islands

The one and only item from the Tokelau Islands (which might also come from New Zealand) is from the founding collection with no named field collector!

Tonga

There is no very obvious significant field collectors but a lot of objects came via Pitt Rivers and the Ashmolean:

Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia

Out of the 13 objects in total from Tuamotu, 6 were obtained from Frederick William Beechey via the Ashmolean.

Tubuai Islands French Polynesia

Of the 80 objects from Tubuai 40 (50 per cent) were collected and donated by William Scoresby Routledge, his is the only significant larger collection.

Tuvalu

The single largest field collector and donor of material from Tuvalu (by a long way) was William Johnson Sollas:

USA [Hawaii]

There does not seem to be a particularly significant single field collector (or set thereof) or secondary collectors , the largest single collection coming from one source is from the Ashmolean:

Vanuatu

There does not seem to be any significantly large collections either of a field, secondary or donation nature from Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Islands

3 of the 4 Wallis and Futuna Island objects were collected and donated by Arthur Maurice Hocart, the other by Graham Balfour, all donated directly