Culture or time period
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)2,885 objects
- Paleolithic and Mesolithic2,496 objects
- Acheulean1,221 objects
- Mousterian930 objects
- Oceanian cultures566 objects
- American cultures448 objects
- North American cultures443 objects
- North American native cultures441 objects
- California tribes305 objects
- Massim302 objects
- Magosian274 objects
- Classical Civilizations250 objects
- Egypt239 objects
- Ancient Egyptian237 objects
- Howieson's Poort221 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)211 objects
- Melanesian cultures152 objects
- 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)151 objects
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)151 objects
- Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)151 objects