These documents are an attempt to look at the statistics from a global perspective, comparing and contrasting each continent against each other to see if any interesting aspects are discovered by this method. Because each continents' entries were questioned in the same way it is possible to directly compare like with like in the time frame between 1884 and 1945.
- Table of Contents
- Compare different Continents Statistics
- Compare Colonial Status
- Colonial Status Part 1
- Colonial Status Part 2
- Colonial Status Part 3
- Compare Size of Collections
- Classes comparison
- Classes & Continents
- Classes & Decades Part 1
- Classes & Decades Part 2
- Continents, classes, decades Part 1
- Continents, classes, decades Part 2
- Continents, classes, decades Part 3
- Continents, classes, decades Comparison Part 1
- Continents, classes, decades Comparison Part 2
- Decades, continents, geographical spread
- Archaeological & Ethnographic comparison per continent
- Continent / Decade Snapshots
- Archaeological & Ethnographic artefacts by continent and British colonial affiliation
- Archaeological & Ethnographic comparison per continent
- Continent / Tools and weapons comparison
Comparison of Geographical statistics for the Pitt Rivers Museum's collections up to 1945
General Introduction to comparative statistics
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Comparative statistics sections:
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Introduction
Colonial status of collections (associated with Parts 1 - 3)
Comparison of size of collections by country
Comparison of country's collections by class of objects
Comparison of pattern of acquisition by decade
Comparison of the archaeological and ethnographic collections (associated with Appendices 4 - 5)
Overview of UK collections and their importance to the PRM collections as a whole up to 1945
The majority of the graphs found in this section and the following ones are to be found in the relevant continental statistics, other new graphs are to be found in the two Excel files relating to the comparative statistics.
Overview of the collections as a whole:
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The continents:
Africa
Americas [North South and Middle separately reviewed within continental statistics]
Asia
Australia
Europe
Oceania [Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia reviewed separately within continental statistics]
Breakdown of global statistics between continents:
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Total number of objects up to 1945: 179,765
Africa - 47,114
Americas: 15,715
Asia (including SE Asia) - 40,232
Australia - 18,465
Europe - 41,898
Oceania - 17,088
Other [unknown continent] - 1,091
Note that there is a double-counting between continents which means that totalling up the continents will NOT give the total number of objects given above.
How much of the overall 2003 PRM objects collections came in by 1945:
What was the pattern of acquisition between 1884 and the present (actually 2001) into which ESRC time frame fits:
Note that this graph was produced as part of the DCF-funded Cataloguing the Collections project and therefore it does not necessarily accurately reflect all the figures given elsewhere
List of all the countries that were included in the statistics:
The countries that are excluded from the statistics, are excluded because there are no objects provenanced to that place in the collections.
| Countries |
Related continent |
Excluded from statistics because no objects in PRM collections up to 1945 or other notes |
| Afghanistan |
Asia |
|
| Albania |
Europe |
|
| Algeria |
Africa |
|
| American Samoa |
Oceania Polynesia |
included as Samoa |
| Andaman Islands India |
Asia |
|
| Andorra |
Europe |
|
| Angola |
Africa |
|
| Anguilla |
America Middle |
Excluded from stats |
| Antigua |
America Middle |
|
| Argentina |
America South |
|
| Armenia |
Asia |
|
| Aruba |
America Middle |
Excluded from stats |
| Ascension Island |
Africa |
Excluded from stats |
| Australia |
Australia |
|
| Australia [Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Australia [Norfolk Island] |
Oceania Melanesia |
Excluded from stats |
| Austria |
Europe |
|
| Azerbaijan |
Asia |
|
| Bahamas |
America Middle |
|
| Bahrain |
Asia |
|
| Bangladesh |
Asia |
|
| Barbados |
America Middle |
|
| Belarus |
Europe |
|
| Belgium |
Europe |
|
| Belize |
America Middle |
Excluded from stats |
| Benin Republic |
Africa |
|
| Bermuda |
America Middle |
|
| Bhutan |
Asia |
|
| Bolivia |
America South |
|
| Bosnia Herzegovina Yugoslavia |
Europe |
|
| Botswana |
Africa |
|
| Brazil |
America South |
|
| Brunei |
Asia |
|
| Bulgaria |
Europe |
|
| Burkina Faso |
Africa |
|
| Burundi |
Africa |
|
| Cambodia |
Asia |
|
| Cameroon Cameroun |
Africa |
|
| Canada |
America North |
|
| Cape Verde |
Africa |
|
| Cayman Islands |
America Middle |
Excluded from stats |
| Central African Republic |
Africa |
|
| Chad |
Africa |
|
| Chechnya |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Chile |
America South |
|
| China [Excluding Hong Kong] |
Asia |
|
| China [Hong Kong] |
Asia |
|
| Colombia |
America South |
|
| Comoros Islands |
Africa |
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of |
Africa |
|
| Congo, People's Republic of |
Africa |
|
| Cook Islands |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Costa Rica |
America Middle |
|
| Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast |
Africa |
|
| Croatia Yugoslavia |
Europe |
|
| Cuba |
America Middle |
|
| Cyprus |
Europe |
|
| Czech Republic |
Europe |
|
| Denmark |
Europe |
|
| Djibouti |
Africa |
|
| Dominica |
America Middle |
|
| Dominican Republic |
America Middle |
|
| East Timor |
Asia |
|
| Easter Island Rapa Nui |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Ecuador |
America South |
|
| Egypt |
Africa |
|
| El Salvador |
America Middle |
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
Africa |
|
| Eritrea |
Africa |
|
| Estonia |
Europe |
|
| Ethiopia |
Africa |
|
| Falkland Islands |
America South |
|
| Fiji |
Oceania Melanesia [1] |
|
| Finland |
Europe |
|
| France |
Europe |
|
| French Guiana |
America South |
|
| Gabon |
Africa |
|
| Galapagos Islands Ecuador |
America South |
Excluded from stats |
| The Gambia |
Africa |
|
| Gambier Islands French Polynesia |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Georgia |
Asia |
|
| Germany |
Europe |
|
| Ghana |
Africa |
|
| Gibraltar |
Europe |
|
| Greece |
Europe |
|
| Greenland |
America North |
|
| Grenada |
America Middle |
|
| Guadeloupe |
America Middle |
|
| Guam |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Guatemala |
America Middle |
|
| Guinea |
Africa |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
Africa |
|
| Guyana |
America South |
|
| Haiti |
America Middle |
|
| Heard & McDonald Islands |
Australia |
Excluded from stats |
| Honduras |
America Middle |
|
| Hungary |
Europe |
|
| Iceland |
Europe |
|
| India |
Asia |
|
| 'British India' |
Asia |
|
| Indonesia |
Asia |
|
| Iran |
Asia |
|
| Iraq |
Asia |
|
| Ireland |
Europe |
|
| Irian Jaya (Indonesia) |
Oceania Melanesia |
|
| Israel |
Asia |
|
| Italy |
Europe |
|
| Jamaica |
America Middle |
|
| Japan |
Asia |
|
| Jordan |
Asia |
|
| Kazakhstan |
Asia |
|
| Kenya |
Africa |
|
| Kiribati |
Oceania Melanesia |
|
| Korea |
Asia |
|
| Kuwait |
Asia |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Laos |
Asia |
|
| Latvia |
Europe |
|
| Lebanon |
Asia |
|
| Lesotho |
Africa |
|
| Liberia |
Africa |
|
| Libya |
Africa |
|
| Liechtenstein |
Europe |
Excluded from stats |
| Lithuania |
Europe |
|
| Luxembourg |
Europe |
Excluded from stats |
| Macau |
Asia |
|
| Macedonia Yugoslavia |
Europe |
|
| Madagascar |
Africa |
|
| Malawi |
Africa |
|
| Malaysia |
Asia |
|
| Maldives |
Asia |
|
| Mali |
Africa |
|
| Malta |
Europe |
|
| Marquesas Islands French Polynesia |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Marshall Islands |
Oceania Micronesia |
|
| Martinique France |
America Middle |
Excluded from stats |
| Mauritania |
Africa |
|
| Mauritius |
Africa |
|
| Mayotte |
Africa |
Excluded from stats |
| Melilla |
Africa |
Excluded from stats |
| Mexico |
America Middle |
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of [Caroline Islands] |
Oceania Micronesia |
|
| Moldova |
Europe |
Excluded from stats |
| Monaco |
Europe |
Excluded from stats |
| Mongolia |
Asia |
|
| Montenegro Yugoslavia |
Europe |
|
| Montserrat |
America Middle |
Excluded from stats |
| Morocco |
Africa |
|
| Mozambique (Moçambique) |
Africa |
|
| Myanmar (Burma) |
Asia |
|
| Namibia |
Africa |
|
| Nauru |
Oceania Micronesia |
Excluded from stats |
| Nepal |
Asia |
|
| The Netherlands |
Europe |
|
| Netherlands Antilles |
America Middle |
|
| New Caledonia Nouvelle Calédonie |
Oceania Melanesia |
|
| New Zealand |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Nicaragua |
America Middle |
|
| Nicobar Islands India |
Asia |
|
| Niger |
Africa |
|
| Nigeria |
Africa |
|
| Niue |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| North Korea |
Asia |
Included as Korea |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
Oceania Micronesia |
Excluded from stats |
| Norway |
Europe |
|
| Oman |
Asia |
|
| Pakistan |
Asia |
|
| Palau, Republic of [Caroline Islands] |
Oceania Micronesia |
|
| Palestine |
Asia |
|
| Panama |
America Middle |
|
| Papua New Guinea |
Oceania Melanesia |
|
| Paraguay |
America South |
|
| Peru |
America South |
|
| Philippines |
Asia |
|
| Pitcairn Islands |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Poland |
Europe |
|
| Portugal |
Europe |
|
| Portugal [Madeira] |
Africa |
Excluded from stats, included as part of Portugal in European stats |
| Puerto Rico |
America Middle |
|
| Qatar |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Reúnion |
Africa |
Excluded from stats |
| Romania |
Europe |
|
| Ross Dependency |
Oceania |
Excluded from stats |
| Russia [excluding Siberia] |
Europe |
|
| Russia [Siberia] |
Asia |
|
| Rwanda |
Africa |
|
| Samoa |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| San Marino |
Europe |
Excluded from stats |
| São Tomé & Príncipe |
Africa |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
Asia |
|
| Senegal |
Africa |
|
| Serbia Yugoslavia |
Europe |
|
| Seychelles |
Africa |
|
| Sierra Leone |
Africa |
|
| Singapore |
Asia |
|
| Slovakia |
Europe |
|
| Slovenia |
Europe |
|
| Society Islands French Polynesia |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Solomon Islands |
Oceania Melanesia |
|
| Somalia |
Africa |
|
| South Africa |
Africa |
|
| South Georgia |
America South |
Excluded from stats |
| South Korea |
Asia |
Included as Korea |
| South Sandwich Islands |
Oceania Polynesia |
Excluded from stats |
| Spain |
Europe |
|
| Sri Lanka |
Asia |
|
| St Helena |
Africa |
Excluded from stats |
| St Kitts - Nevis |
America Middle |
|
| St Lucia |
America Middle |
|
| Sta Pierre & Miquelon |
America Middle |
Excluded from stats |
| St Vincent & the Grenadines |
America Middle |
|
| Sudan |
Africa |
|
| Surinam Suriname |
America South |
|
| Swaziland |
Africa |
|
| Sweden |
Europe |
|
| Switzerland |
Europe |
|
| Syria |
Asia |
|
| Taiwan |
Asia |
|
| Tajikistan |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Tanzania |
Africa |
|
| Thailand |
Asia |
|
| Tibet |
Asia |
|
| Togo |
Africa |
|
| Tokelau Islands |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Tonga |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
America Middle |
|
| Tristan da Cunha St Helena |
Africa |
Excluded from stats |
| Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Tubuai Islands French Polynesia |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Tunisia |
Africa |
|
| Turkey |
Asia |
|
| Turkmenistan |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
America Middle |
Excluded from stats |
| Tuvalu |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Uganda |
Africa |
|
| UK |
Europe |
|
| Ukraine |
Europe |
|
| United Arab Emirates |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Uruguay |
America South |
|
| USA |
America North |
|
| USA [Hawaii] |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Uzbekistan |
Asia |
|
| Vanuatu |
Oceania Melanesia |
|
| Vatican City |
Europe |
|
| Venezuela |
America South |
|
| Vietnam |
Asia |
|
| Virgin Islands |
America Middle |
|
| Wallis & Futuna Islands |
Oceania Polynesia |
|
| Western Sahara |
Africa |
Excluded from stats |
| Western Samoa |
Oceania Polynesia |
Included as Samoa |
| Windward Islands |
America Middle |
|
| Wrangel Island (Vrangelya Ostrov) |
Asia |
Excluded from stats |
| Yemen |
Asia |
|
| Yugoslavia |
Europe |
Excluded from stats [see separate countries] |
| Zambia |
Africa |
|
| Zimbabwe |
Africa |
ESRC 'Relational Museum'
October 2003
[1] should be Polynesia as well but only very small bit so ignored
