Countries represented in the second collection of Augustus Pitt-Rivers:

Please note: the Pitt Rivers Museum uses current country names to geographically provenance its collections. This can cause problems when researching a historical collection like the founding collection. In this instance where possible modern country names have been identified and used; where a current geo-political country is not possible to identify (for example between North and South Korea, American Samoa and Samoa, Papua New Guinea and West New Guinea (Indonesia) or the Congo countries) a more historical name has been used (in these cases Korea, Samoa, New Guinea and Congo respectively).

Afghanistan = 17
Albania = 6
Algeria = 6
Andaman Islands India = 2
Angola = 2
Antigua = 12
Argentina = 18
Armenia = 4 (all possibly Turkish)
Australia = 172
Austria = 173
Azerbaijan = 30 (all possibly other countries)
Bahamas = 2
Barbados = 15
Belgium = 25
Benin Republic = 19
Bolivia = 6
Bosnia = 2
Brazil = 6
Bulgaria = 1 (could be Greek)
Cameroon = 12
Canada = 218
Central African Republic = 11 (all possibly other countries)
Chile = 26
China = 272
Colombia = 9
Congo = 65
Cook Islands = 1
Croatia = 2
Cyprus = 1053
Czech Republic = 363
Denmark = 211
Dominica = 5
Ecuador = 6
Egypt = 1435
Ethiopia = 1
Fiji = 220
Finland = 5 (all could also be Sweden or Norway)
France = 338
French Polynesia = 10
Gabon = 18
The Gambia = 3 (all could also be Senegal)
Germany = 626
Ghana = 68
Greece = 456
Greenland = 117
Grenada = 1
Guinea = 1
Guyana = 22
Haiti = 4
Hungary = 225
Iceland = 38
India including Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan, excluding Andaman and Nicobars = 694
Indonesia = 30
Iran = 178
Iraq = 40
Israel / Palestine = 675
Italy = 467
Japan = 735
Jordan = 10
Kazakhstan = 30 (all possibly other countries)
Kenya = 5
Kiribati = 1 (possibly New Guinea)
Korea = 1 (possibly Japan)
Lebanon = 45
Lesotho = 35
Liberia = 3
Luxembourg = 4
Macedonia = 4
Malawi = 3 (all possibly Kenya)
Malaysia = 32
Maldives = 3
Malta = 146
Marquesas Islands = 7
Mexico = 131
Montserrat = 2
Morocco = 8
Mozambique = 6
Myanmar (Burma) = 92
Nepal = 17
The Netherlands = 101
New Caledonia = 7
New Guinea = 821
New Zealand = 96
Nicobar Islands India = 2
Niger = 2
Nigeria = 364
Niue = 6
Norway = 97
Palau, Republic of = 1
Panama = 1
Paraguay = 10
Peru = 159
Philippines = 7
Poland = 1 (possibly other country)
Portugal = 4
Romania = 185
Russia = 69
Samoa = 7
Saudi Arabia = 1
Senegal = 4 (possibly Gambia or Angola)
Serbia = 10
Sierra Leone = 21
Slovakia = 13
Solomon Islands = 88
Somalia = 76
South Africa = 387
Spain = 135
Sri Lanka = 70
St Kitts Nevis = 2
St Lucia = 1
St Vincent & the Grenadines = 5
Sudan = 10
Surinam = 1 (might also be Guyana)
Sweden = 31
Switzerland = 834
Syria = 65
Tanzania = 5
Thailand = 9
Tibet = 9
Tonga = 5
Trinidad & Tobago = 1
Turkey = 225
Turkmenistan = 30 (all possibly other places)
UK and Republic of Ireland = 4360
USA = 553
Vanuatu = 6
Venezuela = 2 (possibly Colombian)
Zambia = 1
Zimbabwe = 126
A total of 1900 entries have no known country.

Note that there are many overlaps between countries; for example, many objects are marked as either USA or Canada, and appear  above twice. Greenland is also often linked to USA or Canada as possible provenances. There are many other examples.

There are no objects from the following countries:

Andorra, Anguilla, Aruba, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brunei, Burkino Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chechnya, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Easter Island Rapa Nui, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Gambier Islands French Polynesia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Heard & McDonald Islands, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Lietchenstein, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Melilla, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rica, Qatar, Reunion, Ross Dependency, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Society Islands French Polynesia, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Sta Pierre & Miquelon, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Togo, Tokelau Islands, Tristan de Cunha, Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia, Tubuai Islands French Polynesia,  Tunisia, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruquay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Western Samoa, Windward Islands, Wrangel Island, Yemen.

Countries / Continental breakdown:

Note: some entries are only provenanced to continent and do not have identified countries of origin.

Africa = 13.8 per cent of founding collection

Algeria = 6
Angola = 2
Benin Republic = 19
Cameroon = 12
Central African Republic = 11 (all possibly other countries)
Congo = 65
Egypt = 1435
Ethiopia = 1
Gabon = 18
The Gambia = 3 (all could also be Senegal)
Ghana = 68
Guinea = 1
Kenya = 5
Lesotho = 35
Liberia = 3
Malawi = 3 (all possibly Kenya)
Mozambique = 6
Niger = 2
Nigeria = 364
Senegal = 4 (possibly Gambia or Angola)
Somalia = 76
South Africa = 387
Sudan = 10
Tanzania = 5
Zambia = 1
Zimbabwe = 126

Americas =  5 per cent of founding collection

Antigua = 12
Argentina = 18
Bahamas = 2
Barbados = 15
Brazil = 6
Canada = 218
Chile = 26
Colombia = 9
Dominica = 5
Ecuador = 6
Greenland = 117
Grenada = 1
Guyana = 22
Haiti = 4
Mexico = 131
Montserrat = 2
Panama = 1
Paraguay = 10
Peru = 159
St Kitts Nevis = 2
St Lucia = 1
St Vincent & the Grenadines = 5
Surinam = 1 (might also be Guyana)
Trinidad & Tobago = 1
USA = 553
Venezuela = 2 (possibly Colombian)

Asia = 16.4 per cent of founding collection

Andaman Islands India = 2
Armenia = 4 (all possibly Turkish)
Azerbaijan = 30 (all possibly other countries)
China = 272
India including Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan, excluding Andaman and Nicobars = 694
Indonesia = 30
Iran = 178
Iraq = 40
Israel / Palestine = 675
Japan = 735
Jordan = 10
Kazakhstan = 30 (all possibly other countries)
Korea = 1 (possibly Japan)
Lebanon = 45
Malaysia = 32
Maldives = 3
Myanmar (Burma) = 92
Nepal = 17
Nicobar Islands India = 2
Philippines = 7
Saudi Arabia = 1
Sri Lanka = 70
Syria = 65
Thailand = 9
Tibet = 9
Turkey = 225
Turkmenistan = 30 (all possibly other places)

Australia & Oceania = 7.1 per cent of founding collection

Australia = 172
Cook Islands = 1
Fiji = 220
French Polynesia = 10
Kiribati = 1 (possibly New Guinea)
Marquesas Islands = 7
New Caledonia = 7
New Guinea = 821
New Zealand = 96
Niue = 6
Palau, Republic of = 1
Solomon Islands = 88
Tonga = 5
Vanuatu = 6

Europe = 55.3 per cent of founding collection

Albania = 6
Austria = 173
Belgium = 25
Bosnia = 2
Bulgaria = 1 (could be Greek)
Croatia = 2
Cyprus = 1053
Czech Republic = 363
Denmark = 211
Finland = 5 (all could also be Sweden or Norway)
France = 338
Germany = 626
Greece = 456
Hungary = 225
Iceland = 38
Italy = 467
Malta = 146
The Netherlands = 101
Norway = 97
Poland = 1 (possibly other country)
Portugal = 4
Romania = 185
Russia = 69 (partly Asia)
Serbia = 10
Slovakia = 13
Spain = 135
Sweden = 31
Switzerland = 834
UK and Republic of Ireland = 4360

[1] Note: many entries are provenanced to more than one country because the objects are so badly documented. Therefore a single object might count against two or more countries and the count of countries totals will not work out to the total number of objects in the founding collection. They may therefore be taken as the maximum number of objects from any particular country as at 24.5.2010.

AP, May 2010