The following tables show the dominance of European archaeology in both collections.

Continent

Definite

Archaeology

% of overall founding collection

Definite

Ethnography

% of overall founding collection

Other

% of overall founding collection

Africa

160

0.8

1586

8

37

0.1

Americas

393

2

977

4.9

376

1.9

Asia

95

0.4

2680

13.6

177

0.9

Australia & Oceania

3

-

1644

8.3

64

0.3

Europe

9896

50.4

1194

6

336

1.7

Global

10,637

54.3

7909

40.3

1060

5.4

 

Continent

Definite

Archaeology

% of overall second collection

Definite

Ethnography

% of overall second collection

Other

% of overall second collection

Africa

1475

7.2

1263

6.1

91

0.4

Americas

466

2.3

454

2.2

121

0.5

Asia

1088

5.3

2168

10.6

96

0.4

Australia & Oceania

0

0

1453

7.1

7

0

Europe

6526

31.9

4243

20.7

535

2.6

Global

9722

47.6

9773

47.9

924

4.5

Note that missing from both tables, except in the global rows, are those items without a specific continent.

As you will have seen from the figures for the founding collection, in that collection it is in fact English archaeological items that dominate all other forms of objects. This is true for both collections.

AP, 26 May 2010

 

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