Culture or time period
- !Kung17 objects
- 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)3 objects
- 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)2 objects
- Aboriginal Australians211 objects
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders211 objects
- Achumawi1 objects
- African cultures325 objects
- Afro-Brazilian3 objects
- Aglegmiut Eskimo1 objects
- Ahtna2 objects
- Ajyíninka Apurucayal (Campa Indians)10 objects
- Akulemiut Eskimo3 objects
- Alaskan Eskimo713 objects
- Alaskan cultures115 objects
- Aleut51 objects
- Alto Paraguay Department29 objects
- Alutiiq65 objects
- Amahuaca6 objects
- Amarakaeri5 objects
- Amazonian cultures1 objects