Culture or time period
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)2,752 objects
- Paleolithic and Mesolithic2,244 objects
- Acheulean1,139 objects
- American cultures930 objects
- Mousterian916 objects
- North American cultures902 objects
- North American native cultures900 objects
- California tribes589 objects
- Oceanian cultures424 objects
- Classical Civilizations370 objects
- Egypt350 objects
- Ancient Egyptian347 objects
- New World (the Americas and Oceania)289 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)285 objects
- Northern California tribes263 objects
- Central California Tribes228 objects
- Magosian204 objects
- Polynesian cultures188 objects
- Howieson's Poort166 objects
- North Central California tribes157 objects